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ACLU statement on Boston Police Department commissioner search

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu today announced a Boston Police commissioner search committee.

January 6, 2022

ACLU statement on Qualified Immunity Commission Report

We are very glad that the commission clearly named the out-of-step ‘threats, intimidation or coercion’ language as a problem that needs to be fixed before any other progress can be made.

January 4, 2022

Federal appeals court rules detained immigrants are entitled to fair hearings

The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit confirmed yesterday that the government must bear the burden of proof in immigration bail hearings. The decision affirms a key holding in a landmark class action filed in Boston federal court in 2019 by the ACLU of Massachusetts...

December 29, 2021

Statement of the ACLU of Massachusetts on Wu administration’s updated Mass. and Cass plan

The ACLU of Massachusetts welcomes Mayor Wu’s proposed public health-oriented approach to address the intersecting crises people are experiencing in the Mass. and Cass area.

December 15, 2021

Worcester passes municipal ban on face surveillance technology

The Worcester City Council today voted to pass an ordinance that bans municipal government agencies from acquiring or using face recognition technology. Worcester is the eighth municipality in Massachusetts to ban government use of face surveillance, joining Boston, Brookline, Cambridge...

December 14, 2021

ACLU secures right to display political lawn signs in Amherst condominium

Second Hampshire County condominium adopts free speech rule following ACLU action...

December 13, 2021