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The ACLU of Connecticut called for concrete steps to be taken following a bombshell report that confirmed racial bias in traffic stops.
The report—the first of its kind in the country—showed that some departments in the Constitution State pulled over minorities at alarming rates.
The ACLU of Connecticut urged lawmakers to repeal an obscure state law that enables the Department of Children and Families (DCF) to transfer children under its care into the Department of Corrections.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut applauded a favorable vote in the Judiciary Committee to mandate a warrant in order to track people’s cell phones. The bill had support from both Republicans and Democrats in the Judiciary Committee.
Connecticut police are amassing stores of military equipment with virtually no public oversight, the ACLU of Connecticut has warned.
In the wake of a series of disturbing reports on deadly use of force incidents in Connecticut, the state needs impartial investigators to root out when law enforcement broke the law.
Connecticut was one of the first states in the country to tell the government, “You do not get to dictate a person’s identity.” However, the state’s once groundbreaking legislation desperately needs to be modernized.