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66% of voters say that rehabilitation should be prioritized over incarceration.

How Programs like HEART Fund Care, Not Criminalization

This week (May 5-8) is ACLU Community Safety Week on Capitol Hill. We’re joining the ACLU in DC to demand Congress invests in prevention, not punishment.

Apr 30, 2021

Civil Rights Groups Voice Concerns About Elizabeth City Public Assembly Permit Policy and Curfew

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Apr 30, 2021

Civil Rights Groups Voice Concerns About Elizabeth City Public Assembly Permit Policy and Curfew

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Apr 29, 2021

The Moral Imperative to Eliminate the Historic Stain of Family Separation

The Biden administration is inheriting tremendous challenges. But addressing family separation should be a no-brainer.

People hold signs that read "families belong together" in both English and Spanish during a vigil.
Apr 28, 2021

ACLU of NC Statement on the Court Order Limiting the Disclosure of Body Camera Footage that Capturing the Police Killing of Andrew Brown Jr.

“When the execution of a warrant turns into the execution of a person, North Carolinians should be able to decide the representation they have with them when seeking answers...

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Apr 27, 2021

New ACLU Report Finds Debt-Based Driver’s License Suspension Laws Impose Harm and Waste Resources

Debt-based license suspensions make violent police confrontations more likely, throw drivers into a cycle of poverty, and don’t improve debt repayment rates.

Long rows of chairs with people sitting inside the busy waiting room area of a DMV office.
Apr 21, 2021

ACLU of NC Statement on the Police Murder of Andrew Brown in Elizabeth City, North Carolina

According to multiple news reports, Andrew Brown was shot and killed by police in Elizabeth City, N.C., as he drove away. The police killing occurred less than 24 hours after Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd. 

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Apr 21, 2021

Civil Rights Groups Secure Victory for First Amendment Rights and Free Speech and Assembly in N.C. Federal Court’ Settlement Agreement

A settlement agreement reached today should prevent future First Amendment violations by Alamance County officials against peaceful protesters, lawyers have announced. Members of the Alamance County NAACP and eight individual plaintiffs filed suit last summer after Alamance County illegally ...

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Apr 20, 2021

ACLU of NC Statement on Derek Chauvin Guilty Verdict

Today’s verdict convicting Derek Chauvin of murder is a rare act of police accountability, but it cannot bring George Floyd back. Mr. Floyd’s family and community will forever feel his loss.

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Apr 16, 2021

Daunte Wright Should Never Have Been Stopped

On At Liberty, Paige Fernandez and Somil Trivedi respond to Daunte Wright’s death.

Protestors demonstrate in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota after the shooting death of Daunte Wright.
Apr 14, 2021

ACLU of NC Statement Opposing HB 358

On April 14, 2021, the N.C. House of Representatives' Judiciary 1 Committee held a discussion on HB 358, a bill that singles out trans young people for discrimination and exclusion from school sports.

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