Tag Archives: ACLU

ON THIS DAY: January 20, 2017

Posted on January 20, 2017 by wordcloud9

January 20th is Buttercrunch Day Cheese Lover’s Day Day of Acceptance * Disc Jockey Day Inauguration Day Penguin Awareness Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE!  John Marshall,  Crystal Eastman and Felix Frankfurter, click

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Stateside California: Pregnant Black Woman Who Refused to Provide Identification Slammed to Ground and Arrested by Barstow Police

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California (ACLU SoCal) obtained a video taken in January outside a school building by a police body camera of an officer “responding to an apparent traffic dispute.” The dispute  … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Courts, Equal Rights, Jurisprudence, Justice, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Police, Racism, Short Video, United States | Tagged , , , | 90 Comments

Municipal Violations, Debtors’ Prisons, For-Profit Probation Companies…and a John Oliver Video

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Two years ago, I wrote a column for Res Ipsa Loquitor on the subject of debtors’ prisons in the United States. In that posting, I told about a 2010 report published by the America Civil Liberties Union … Continue reading →

Posted in Alabama, Civil Liberties, Countries, Courts, Democracy, Equal Rights, Government, Jurisprudence, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Prison, Racism, Short Video, Society, United States | Tagged , , , , , , | 96 Comments

ACLU Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Mississipians Who Have Been Jailed Indefinitely without Being Indicted or Given Access to Counsel

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Yesterday, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Mississippi, and the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center filed a class action suit “against the Scott County (Mississippi) sheriff, district attorney, and judges…” The three organizations did … Continue reading →

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