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The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut applauded the state Senate’s passage of a bill that would require law enforcement to obtain warrants in order to gather information such as texts, Facebook messages and geo-locational data from cell phone providers.
The ACLU of Connecticut is proud to announce that Dan Barrett will join the organization as Legal Director. He comes to Connecticut from the ACLU of Vermont.
The city of Hartford is planning a municipal identification program that would facilitate access to city services, programs and benefits for all Hartford residents, regardless of race, age, gender, arrest or conviction record, citizenship status or sexual orientation.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut and the town of East Haven announced today that they have settled a lawsuit stemming from a January 2013 traffic stop and detention of New Haven woman, Dominique Cash.
The ACLU of Connecticut is proud to announce David McGuire’s appointment as Legislative and Policy Director for the ACLU of Connecticut.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut praised yesterday’s passage of a groundbreaking criminal justice reform bill through the Judiciary Committee, which is a critical step to seeing this proposal come to fruition.