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ACLU to FCC: Stop Secret Discriminatory Stingray Surveillance
The ACLU and EFF are urging the Federal Communications Commission to order local police to stop using Stingrays, at least until the FCC can create rules to protect against excessive secrecy and abuse.
By Nathan Freed Wessler
When Police Body Cameras Aren't the Answer
Earlier this month, a too familiar tragedy unfolded in East Los Angeles when Los Angeles police officers shot and killed 14-year-old Jesse Romero. Witness accounts vary — the police department says Romero fled when officers approached him on suspicion of scrawling graffiti in his neighborhood, then fired at officers. Some civilians say he had a gun but tossed it away.As
By Peter Bibring, Catherine Wagner
Saying Goodbye to One of the Most Unsung Heroes of the LGBT Movement
Matt Coles, deputy legal director and director of the ACLU’s Center for Equality, is retiring after 29 years. Here’s why he’s my hero.
By James Esseks
TBT 1959: Black Organizer Beaten and Jailed for Sign Showing Man in Chains
Asbury Howard, a black leader and organizer who headed an effort to register black voters in Alabama, was convicted in January 1959 for having a poster made from a newspaper cartoon.
By Leslie Fulbright
Has Your School Done Its Homework on Sex Ed?
It's back to school season again. Here's how to make sure your school's sexual health education is up to date and follows California law.
By Sophie Lyons
Huge Ruling! Mandatory Immigration Detention "Smacks of Injustice"
Communities are being torn apart by mandatory immigration detention. Every day, more than 30,000 immigrants are held in prison-like without due process.
By Cecilia Bermúdez, Angélica Salceda
Five Years Later, BART's Cell Service Shutdown is Still a Wakeup Call
Five years ago today, BART made the unprecedented decision to shut off cell service at multiple stations in order to suppress a protest. Scores of riders were left without the ability to communicate.
What Does Safety Mean to You?
Every year on the first Tuesday of August, the National Association of Neighborhood Watch sponsors a “National Night Out.” The tenor of these events usually reinforce the idea that neighborhood watch and police-community partnerships are the pathway to public safety.
By ACLU of Northern California
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