There are just 16 Flock Safety cameras in Thornton. But those electronic eyes, mounted to poles at intersections throughout this city of nearly 150,000, brought out dozens of…
Read more Pushback against Flock cameras comes to Denver suburb — the latest Colorado city to enter debateTwo Front Range cities are eyeing more oversight for their police departments. Lakewood’s City Council voted last week to “work toward the establishment” of an independent civilian oversight board…
Read more Two Denver suburbs eye new oversight of their police departmentsTHORNTON, Colo. — Thornton residents gathered Wednesday night for a town hall meeting to discuss the use of Flock cameras in their community, weighing the benefits of crime-solving…
Read more Thornton town hall brings community together to talk use of Flock cameras across cityIn a windowless room at Denver police headquarters on a recent Thursday afternoon, Officer Chris Velarde activated a police drone to investigate a potential car break-in. Officer Chris…
Read more Here’s how Denver police fly drones to 911 calls, triggering fears about privacy and surveillanceD.C. leaders should invest more funding in youth and reentry programs to prevent crime, according to a report from the American Civil Liberties Union. D.C. leaders should invest…
Read more To prevent DC crime, ACLU report recommends more funding for youth programs – WTOP NewsZohran Mamdani and NYC’s legal marijuana guide the public past rollout chaos toward real, legal access. He is the young, unapologetic state assemblymember who’s risen into the national…
Read more Zohram Mamdani And NYC’s Legal MarijuanaBy JIM MUSTIAN and SARA CLINE, Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The immigration detainees sent to a notorious Louisiana prison last month are being punished for…
Read more ACLU says ICE is unlawfully punishing immigrants at a notorious Louisiana detention centerThe American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia has filed a class-action lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s administration’s policy of detaining immigrant children. The American Civil Liberties Union of…
Read more ACLU Virginia sues Trump administration over detaining of immigrant children – WTOP NewsFederal authorities refuse to release a Michigan man in a pending deportation case, despite his life-threatening leukemia and the inconsistent health care he’s received while in custody since…
Read more ACLU seeks release of Michigan immigrant held in custody despite life-threatening leukemiaPresident Donald Trump’s administration is asking the Supreme Court to uphold his birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally…
Read more Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold restrictions he wants to impose on birthright citizenshipAdvocacy groups are calling on police and sheriff’s departments across the state to avoid federal immigration enforcement, warning that cooperation with agents undermines public trust, threatens safety, and…
Read more Advocates warn Michigan police against cooperating with ICE – Detroit Metro Times(CNN) — “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will return to air on ABC on Tuesday night, the network announced in a statement. “Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production…
Read more Jimmy Kimmel’s show set to return on TuesdayThe American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and a group of LGBTQ+ and student rights organizations are suing to block a new state law that would ban diversity,…
Read more ACLU, other groups sue to block Texas’ DEI ban on K-12 public schools(CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday backed President Donald Trump’s push to allow immigration enforcement officials to continue what critics describe as “roving patrols” in Southern California that lower courts…
Read more Supreme Court allows Trump to continue ‘roving’ ICE patrols in CaliforniaFederal immigration arrests in Colorado surged this summer as the Trump administration charged ahead with its plans to mass-deport undocumented immigrants. But as arrests have spiked, law enforcement…
Read more ICE arrests climb in Colorado this summer, but people detained are less likely to have criminal backgroundsA recent Border Patrol raid at a Home Depot parking lot in the south Sacramento area broke a court order, according to a newly filed court motion. |…
Read more ACLU filing: Sacramento Home Depot raid violated court order, high schooler among those arrestedA wrongful arrest has now been wiped from a Lee County man’s record. Gulf Coast News first exposed the injustice months ago. The arrest happened after artificial intelligence…
Read more Florida man’s arrest wiped from record after AI software leads police to wrong suspectThe American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado is suing the town of Vail over its dismissal of artist Danielle SeeWalker from an artist-in-residence program, following an April complaint…
Read more ACLU sues Vail over Indigenous artist’s canceled residency – The CannabistThe Detroit Police Department has to adopt new rules curbing its reliance on facial recognition technology after the city reached a settlement this week with Robert Williams, a…
Read more Detroit police can no longer use facial recognition results as the sole basis for arrestsST. ALBANS, Vt. (AP) — Vermont has agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit on behalf of a man who was charged with a crime for giving…
Read more He flipped off a trooper and got charged. Now Vermont is on the hook for $175K
