2023-2024 Litigation Report
In sum, our successes over the last two years, as detailed in this report, offer a model for continued vigorous defense of civil liberties going forward.
March 21, 2025
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Winter 2024 Newsletter
This newsletter includes articles on Bias at the Core?: Police Continue to Disproportionately Stop Black People in D.C., Court Issues Ruling Against Abuse of Power by Police, Lawsuit Challenges Censorship of Pro-Palestinian Student Speech, Three Ways the First Admendment Protects Your Speech
January 22, 2025Bias at the Core?: Enduring Racial Disparities in D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Stop-and-Frisk Practices (2022-2023)
This report covers data collected between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2023. The data analyzed in this report indicates that the stark racial disparities present in the 2019 and 2020 stops data remain. MPD continues to disproportionately stop Black people in D.C. September 16, 2024 Police Practices and Police Misconduct Criminal Justice ReformSummer 2024 Newsletter
This newsletter includes:
- D.C. Has A Police Abuse Problem
- Standing Up To Abuse Of Power In The Secure DC Act
- Drug-Free Zones: Know Your Rights
- ACLU-D.C. Board Nomination 2024
- Letter from Executive Director, Monica Hopkins
Winter 2023 Newsletter
This newsletter includes:
December 11, 2023Breaking Through Isolation: The Urgent Case for the ERASE Solitary Confinement Act in D.C. Jails
Solitary confinement is a stark reality for many people who are incarcerated in our nation’s capital.
November 16, 2023 Criminal Justice Reform