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ACLU-DC Response to D.C. Police Union Statement on Swann Street Report

“Our report was based on interviews with more than 50 witnesses and protestors who shared what they experienced and saw that evening on Swann Street. For the union to dismiss the accounts of these witnesses as ‘fraudulent’ is deeply insulting to those who suffered trauma."
March 10, 2021

ACLU Statement on Violence at the U.S. Capitol Building

“We hope all of our friends, neighbors, and colleagues in the District are staying safe in this fraught time. We denounce the attempt to subvert our government and the will of the voters and condemn this armed assault on our democracy.”
January 6, 2021

ACLU-DC Statement on Selection of Next D.C. Police Chief

The ACLU of the District of Columbia called for D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to create an open and inclusive process for the selection of the next chief of the Metropolitan Police Department and recommended a nationwide search for the candidate.
December 16, 2020