Police Secrecy Surrounding High-Tech Data Sources -- Focus of ACLU Testimony
Police are tracking people through their cell phones and capturing data on the travels of tens of thousands of car license tags, yet the public can't learn anything about these high-tech surveillances,...
View ArticlePrivacy Victory: ACLU Successfully Opposes Unlawful Police Demand for Social...
Casimir Bonkowski walked his dog one day this spring in Rock Creek Park in Washingotn, D.C., not planning a privacy confrontation with a federal police officer. read more
View ArticleACLU settles case involving the right to photograph police; MPD issues...
In settling an ACLU-NCA case, the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department issued a groundbreaking new General Order explicitly recognizing that “members of the general public have a First Amendment right...
View ArticleACLU Renews Request for Details on D.C. Police Use of Automatic License Plate...
The American Civil Liberties Union of the Nation’s Capital today asked for records of an apparent breach of security in the system of recording vehicle license tags operated by the Washington...
View ArticlePolice Spying May Be Out of Control, DC Auditor Says; Report is Response to...
A hard-hitting audit report issued September 27 documents failures of police in the District to follow requirements of a 2004 law that set limits on police intelligence work where First Amendment...
View ArticleDC Council Drops Plan to Loosen Arrest Standards, Credits ACLU Concerns
Responding to concerns raised by the ACLU in two eleventh-hour letters, the D.C. Council in its final session of the 2012 term put aside legislation that would have made sweeping change in the law...
View ArticleACLU Hails Proposed D.C. Law to Strengthen Protection Against Police...
ACLU green-lighted proposals before the D.C. Council that would improve police lineups and bring local rules in line with best practices nationwide that are reducing false eyewitness identifications,...
View ArticleBillions of Dollars Wasted on Racially Biased Arrests - Behind The DC Numbers
The War on Marijuana is a War on EqualityWhen it comes to marijuana arrests, D.C. is one of the worst offenders in the country, with a higher arrest rate, more racially biased arrests and more money...
View ArticleLiving under the cloud of stop-and-frisk
The ACLU's Seema Sadanandan discusses policing in Black neighborhoods in a recent Washington Post opinion piece.read more
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MPD Stations Lack Much Needed Complaint Information: ACLU Tells Council
Police fail to give the public proper information on filing complaints, according to results of a new study the ACLU reported to the D.C. Council at a hearing in February. Visits to ten stations showed...
View ArticleACLU Urges Chief Lanier to Respect D.C. Ferguson Protesters’ First Amendment...
The ACLU of the Nation’s Capital understands the profound anger and frustration over the decision of the St. Louis County grand jury not to issue an indictment against Officer Wilson in the tragic...
View ArticleJoin the ACLU at the National March Against Police Violence!
The ACLU will march against police abuse and racial profiling in DC on December 13, 2014. Join us!read more
View ArticleACLU-NCA Statement on Lane v. District of Columbia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 13, 2015CONTACT: Seema Sadanandan, Policy and Advocacy Director, 202-601-4278, seema@aclu-nca.org; Monica Hopkins-Maxwell, Executive Director, 202-457-0800,...
View ArticleThe ACLU-NCA Presents Testimony on the Metropolitan Police Department
On Tuesday, March 10, 2015, The ACUL-NCA presented testimony on the Metropolitan Police Department before the Committee on Judicary & Public Safety. Our testimony focused on law enforcement...
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