Press Releases
Nov 16, 2016
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Minnesota Responds to Charges Against St. Anthony Officer Who Killed Philando Castile
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Today the Ramsey County Attorney announced that the officer who killed Philando Castile will be charged with manslaughter in the second degree and two felony co...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Oct 03, 2016
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof San Diego Statement on El Cajon Police Department’s Video Release
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The video released Friday of the shooting death of Alfred Olango by El Cajon Police raises disturbing if sadly familiar questions about how police handle cris...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Sep 22, 2016
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Oklahoma Responds to Charges Against Tulsa Officer Involved in Killing of Terence Crutcher
OKLAHOMA CITY – In response to the Tulsa County District Attorney’s announcement of the charge of manslaughter in the first degree against Officer Betty Shelby, the American Ci...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Sep 21, 2016
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµCalls on Charlotte Police to Release Video Footage of Keith Lamont Scott Shooting
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ (ACLU) of North Carolina today called on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department to release any body or dash cam footage ...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Sep 20, 2016
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Oklahoma Calls for Criminal Charges Against Tulsa Police Officers in Murder of Terence Crutcher
OKLAHOMA CITY — In response to the release of two videos depicting the murder of Terence Crutcher (seen here via The Tulsa World website), an unarmed Black Tulsan whose car had b...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Jul 21, 2016
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Florida Statement on the Police Shooting of an Unarmed Man in North Miami
MIAMI, FL – The below statement on the shooting of Charles Kinsey by North Miami police officers is from Howard Simon, Executive Director of the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Florida:
“We are extrem...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
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