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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.
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.
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 ...
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.
Apr 16, 2021
Daunte Wright Should Never Have Been Stopped
On At Liberty, Paige Fernandez and Somil Trivedi respond to Daunte Wright’s death.
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.
Apr 14, 2021
400+ North Carolina Medical Providers Sign Letter Opposing Bills Targeting Transgender Youth
More than 400 medical professionals from across North Carolina released a statement expressing strong opposition to HB358, a bill that would prohibit transgender students from participating in school athletics at the middle school, high school, and collegiate levels.
Apr 07, 2021
ACLU of NC Joins Equality NC and the Campaign for Southern Equality in Denouncing Legislative Attacks on LGBTQ Community’s Access to Medical Care
One bill would prohibit trans-affirming care for anyone under the age of 21, while another would grant medical providers a broad “license to discriminate.”
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