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May 18, 2021
Andrew Brown Jr. - ACLU of NC Statement on the System Working As Designed
“The decision not to bring charges against those who killed Andrew Brown Jr. is a sign that the system is working as it was designed to. These cases of state-sanctioned murder are not anomalies. They are business as usual. Until we have radically changed the many ways the criminal legal system...
May 18, 2021
Andrew Brown Jr. - ACLU of NC Statement on the System Working As Designed
“The decision not to bring charges against those who killed Andrew Brown Jr. is a sign that the system is working as it was designed to. These cases of state-sanctioned murder are not anomalies. They are business as usual. Until we have radically changed the many ways the criminal legal system...
May 12, 2021
N.C. House Seeks to Censor Critical Thinking in Proposal That Limits Discussions of Racism and Sexism Public Schools
“Slavery and its legacy of oppression are parts of North Carolina’s history that Black people are still facing today. The recent protests and calls for racial justice demonstrate that people across North Carolina fully acknowledge the realities of systemic racism and sexism are still alive...
May 11, 2021
ACLU of NC Condemns Senate Passage of Anti-Abortion Legislation
“We all deserve access to health care based on our medical needs and doctor’s best judgment. If this bill becomes law, doctors may be forced to take babies that have no chance of survival from their parents’ arms to make futile life-saving efforts. Medical professionals are trained to make...
May 10, 2021
ACLU Statement on the House Passage of HB 805, Anti-Protester Legislation
“We know that people of color are far more likely to suffer unfair and unnecessary harm when law enforcement is given broad discretion to arrest, charge, and severely punish people. This will surely be the insidious legacy of HB 805 if the N.C. Senate fails to prevent its passage.
May 10, 2021
Lawmakers Advance Legislation Affirming the Dignity and Humanity of People Who Are Incarcerated
“This law is needed to protect incarcerated people who experience dehumanizing, demeaning, and demoralizing practices that continue the disgraceful legacy of violating Black women’s reproductive rights and dignity,” said Kristie Puckett-Williams, the Statewide Campaign for Smart Justice...
May 10, 2021
International Accountability is Critical to Dismantling Systemic Racism and Police Brutality Domestically
A robust international accountability mechanism would further support and complement, not undermine, efforts to dismantle systemic racism in the United States.
May 05, 2021
Anti-Abortion Legislation Advances Through N.C. House Committees, Heads to the Floor
“These abortion restrictions would threaten an individual’s right to make their own reproductive decisions,” said Liz Barber, policy analyst for the ACLU of North Carolina. “This bill is not about fighting discrimination. It’s yet another effort to chip away at abortion access...
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