News & Commentary

As we close the book on 2021, we’re ready to look ahead to 2022. Here (in no particular order) is what the ACLU of Connecticut is looking toward in court, in communities, and during the legislative session.

We need a robust Inspector General pursuing police accountability, and the challenges facing this role make clear that local and statewide elected officials also need to do more.

Here's what the four finalists had to say about police accountability and racial justice.

Justice would be people never being hurt or killed by police in the first place, ending systemic racism, and reallocating policing budgets to instead go to things that create real public safety. But police accountability is also necessary, and the Inspector General must be prepared to seek it.

Legislative session ends on June 9. As we head into the last weeks of session, the clock is ticking on all of these bills.

As part of our 2020 newsletter, we look back at the police accountability law passed this summer, and toward the unfinished business of building a future where our communities are able to invest in the to invest in the things that make them strong and safe instead of over-spending on policing.

Beyond thanking Black organizers and voters, it’s long past time for Connecticut politicians to start prioritizing racial justice policies.

The results of an ACLU of Connecticut investigation suggest that Connecticut prosecutors are not following the leads of those colleagues across the country, but are instead relying on cops to self-report wrongdoing.

It's is critical that the process for choosing Connecticut's first Inspector General -- and the ultimate nominee for that role -- are committed to the value that Black lives matter, and to holding police accountable for hurting and killing people.