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Carl Takei

Former Senior Staff Attorney

ACLU’s Trone Center for Justice and Equality

Bio

Carl Takei is a former senior staff attorney at the ACLU’s Trone Center for Justice and Equality. He litigated police practices; advanced the ACLU’s affirmative vision for reducing the role, power, presence and responsibilities of police in U.S. communities; and coordinated policing-related litigation and advocacy across multiple ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµprojects and centers.

Previously, Carl was a staff attorney at the , where he worked on prison privatization, immigration detention, and the intersection between the federal criminal justice system and immigration enforcement. He has also served as a staff attorney/Tony Dunn Foundation law fellow at the and as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Paul Barbadoro in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. Carl holds a J.D., magna cum laude, from and an A.B. from .


Featured work

Nov 9, 2018

Before Resigning, Jeff Sessions Handcuffed the Justice Department’s Ability to Police the Police

Before Resigning, Jeff Sessions Handcuffed the Justice Department’s Ability to Police the Police

Oct 9, 2018

President Trump, Stop and Frisk Is Both Unconstitutional and Ineffective

President Trump, Stop and Frisk Is Both Unconstitutional and Ineffective

Sep 21, 2018

Colleges and Universities Have a Racial Profiling Problem

Colleges and Universities Have a Racial Profiling Problem

Jul 13, 2018

The Supreme Court’s Disingenuous Funeral Ceremony for Korematsu

The Supreme Court’s Disingenuous Funeral Ceremony for Korematsu

Jun 27, 2018

Antwon Rose Jr. Is Another Unarmed Young Black Man Who Should Be Alive Today

Antwon Rose Jr. Is Another Unarmed Young Black Man Who Should Be Alive Today

Jun 18, 2018

How Police Can Stop Being Weaponized by Bias-Motivated 911 Calls

How Police Can Stop Being Weaponized by Bias-Motivated 911 Calls

Mar 5, 2018

The East Mississippi Correctional Facility Is 'Hell on Earth'

The East Mississippi Correctional Facility Is 'Hell on Earth'

Nov 7, 2017

Private Prison Giant CoreCivic’s Wants to Corner the Mass Incarceration ‘Market’ in the States

Private Prison Giant CoreCivic’s Wants to Corner the Mass Incarceration ‘Market’ in the States

May 3, 2017

The Incarceration of Japanese-Americans 75 Years Ago Reminds Us That Our Freedoms Are Fragile

The Incarceration of Japanese-Americans 75 Years Ago Reminds Us That Our Freedoms Are Fragile

Apr 26, 2017

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµIs at the UN Tomorrow to Testify on the Horrific Human Rights Record of US Private Prison Companies

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµIs at the UN Tomorrow to Testify on the Horrific Human Rights Record of US Private Prison Companies