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Oct 04, 2018

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  • Read more about San Francisco Is a Hotbed of Illegal Race-Based Policing
Our Constitution promises all people, regardless of race, equal protection under the law. Yet the San Francisco Police Department has consistently singled out Black people for enforcement of criminal laws.

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Oct 04, 2018

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  • Read more about Cross v. San Francisco (Racially Biased Policing)
The ACLU Foundation of Northern California, the ACLU Foundation and the law firm Durie Tangri LLP filed a lawsuit against the City and County of San Francisco for its police department’s racially discriminatory enforcement practices.

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For Immediate Release: Oct 04, 2018
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  • Read more about ACLU Sues San Francisco Police Department for Unconstitutionally Targeting Black People for Arrest

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Oct 03, 2018

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  • Read more about Mom Fears Her Autistic Son Is Being Abused at School. District Does Nothing.

School just got back in session, but one school district in Northern California already needs a lesson in how to create a welcoming and safe environment for Black students with disabilities.

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Oct 03, 2018

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  • Read more about Justice Never Sleeps… and Neither Do We (Kind of)
California’s 2018 legislative session has ended, and we have some huge victories to celebrate!

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For Immediate Release: Oct 01, 2018
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  • Read more about ACLU of Northern California Statement Opposing Kavanaugh Confirmation

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For Immediate Release: Oct 01, 2018
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  • Read more about Ninth Circuit Affirms Injunction Obtained by ACLU Granting Relief for Immigrant Teens Wrongly Arrested and Jailed Without Due Process

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Oct 01, 2018

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  • Read more about ACLU Advocacy Leads to Multilingual Water Quality Reporting
Water is life. But tens of thousands of Californians can't read their annual water quality report because it is written almost exclusively in English.

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For Immediate Release: Sep 30, 2018
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  • Read more about Governor Brown Signs Landmark Police Reform Legislation Sponsored by ACLU of California

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Sep 26, 2018

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  • Read more about Greyhound Won't Protect Customers From Border Patrol
The bus company says it's 'caught in the middle,' but this is an epic fail.

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