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Yesterday, 28 Connecticut organizations, led by the ACLU of Connecticut’s Smart Justice campaign, sent a letter asking candidates for governor to publish criminal and juvenile justice reform platforms. The following is Smart Justice's reaction to Ned Lamont's release of a platform today.
In a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court, the ACLU of Connecticut contends that a Stamford police employee illegally and maliciously violated a protester’s rights by confiscating his phone and protest sign and arresting and arresting and jailing him for exercising his freedom of speech.
HARTFORD — Researchers from Central Connecticut State University today released their latest study of police traffic stops, as required by Connecticut’s Alvin W. Penn Racial Profiling Prohibition Act.
The following is a reaction from ACLU-CT executive director David McGuire to the Hartford Police Department’s decision to fire Stephen Barone, a police department manager who was promoted after being disciplined in an excessive use of force case and who later appeared on video threatening youth.
HARTFORD – The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut’s campaign for Smart Justice released new public opinion polling today that shows strong support for criminal justice reform across the ideological and political spectrum.
The American Civil Liberties Union and American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut have reached a settlement with the Town of Cromwell, Connecticut on behalf of police officer Sarah Alicea, who filed a pregnancy discrimination charge against the town in 2017.