Getting Schooled
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has affirmed a lower court's denial of immunity to Framingham Police Officer Paul Duncan.
This Black History Month blog series—by our staff attorney Carl Williams and Racial Justice Project director Rahsaan Hall, with illustration by legal fellow Hallie Pope—will explore various aspects of Black folks’ struggle for freedom through the lens of rights and resistance.
The claims against the Northampton Police Department by ACLU client Jonas Correia for violation of his civil rights, unlawful arrest, assault and battery, and excessive force have been settled for $52,500.
Following an ACLU lawsuit, the Boston Police Department on Jan. 8 released four more years of stop-and-frisk data from its encounters between police and civilians, from Jan. 2011 to April 2015.
ACLU of Massachusetts' Director of Technology for Liberty Program Kade Crockford and Neema Guliani, Legislative Counsel for ACLU called on the US House Judiciary