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The following statement is from Melinda Bird, senior counsel at the ACLU of Southern California and director of the ACLU/SC Jails Project. The ACLU/SC monitors conditions in L.A. County Jails as part of a federal court agreement:

Civilian complaints about serious misconduct by L.A. police officers are downplayed by investigators, a recent citywide audit found for the third year in a row. Now the ACLU/SC has told the Police Commission, which oversees the department, that "three years is enough." The ACLU/SC called for civilian investigators or civilian supervisors.to take over responsibility for investigation of serious complaints from police officers, who currently investigate themselves.

Civilian complaints about serious misconduct by L.A. police officers are downplayed by investigators, a recent citywide audit found for the third year in a row. Now the ACLU/SC has told the Police Commission, which oversees the department, that "three years is enough." The ACLU/SC called for civilian investigators or civilian supervisors.to take over responsibility for investigation of serious complaints from police officers, who currently investigate themselves.

https://www.aclunc.org/issues/lgbt/asset_upload_file353_6683.jpg" />The California Supreme Court heard arguments on March 4 that everyone in the state should be able to build loving families and enjoy the honor, commitment, dignity and security that come with marriage.

The California Supreme Court heard arguments on March 4 that everyone in the state should be able to build loving families and enjoy the honor, commitment, dignity and security that come with marriage.

LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for the ACLU of Southern California and the law firm of Morrison & Foerster today announce the filing of a lawsuit on behalf of Peter Guzman, a U.S. citizen who was illegally deported to Mexico.

The ACLU of Southern California condemned the U.S. Senate for caving in to Bush Administration pressure to authorize wiretapping Americans' phone calls without warrants and to give telecommunications companies immunity from lawsuits over their role in spying.

Last October, L.A. County Sheriff's deputies entered a popular L.A. community college and stopped every African American student they found, searching their schoolbags and holding many for more than an hour. Now students who experienced the roundup at L.A. Trade-Technical College near downtown L.A. are speaking out about how it affected them.