News & Commentary
Feb 07, 2008
ACLU/SC Backs Community College Students in Racial Profiling Incident by L.A. Sheriff's Deputies
LOS ANGELES - The ACLU/SC and the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP have filed a claim for damages on behalf of African American community college students stopped and searched by police on the basis of their race.
By ACLU of Southern California
Feb 07, 2008
African American Students Speak Out About Sheriffs' Race-Based Roundup on Campus
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.
By ACLU of Southern California
Feb 05, 2008
ACLU/SC Supports Police Officer Privacy in Locker-Room Videotape Case
ONTARIO - The ACLU of Southern California will argue tomorrow in federal appeals court that a video camera hidden in an Ontario Police Department locker room violated police officers' right to privacy in the workplace. More than 100 officers were captured on videotape, and the ACLU/SC sued the department in 2004 on their behalf. In April 2006, U.S. District Judge Virginia A. Phillips held that the videotaping violated the U.S. Constitution and California privacy laws.
By ACLU of Southern California
Jan 24, 2008
ACLU/SC Board Endorses Impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney for High Crimes
LOS ANGELES - The board of directors of the ACLU of Southern California has passed a resolution calling for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for their abuses of basic civil liberties.
By ACLU of Southern California
Jan 17, 2008
Paraplegic Man Sues Hospital That Dumped Him on L.A.'s Skid Row
A paraplegic man has sued the hospital that dumped him in a Skid Row gutter without his wheelchair.
By ACLU of Southern California
Jan 17, 2008
Paraplegic Man Sues Hospital for Dumping Him in Skid Row Gutter Without a Wheelchair
LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for Public Counsel, the ACLU of Southern California, and the law firm of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. announced the filing today of a lawsuit against Hollywood Presbyterian (a Southern California hospital) on behalf of a paraplegic, homeless man who was 'dumped' in a skid row gutter.
By ACLU of Southern California
Jan 17, 2008
Paraplegic Man Sues Hospital That Dumped Him on L.A.'s Skid Row
A paraplegic man has sued the hospital that dumped him in a Skid Row gutter without his wheelchair.
By ACLU of Southern California
Jan 17, 2008
Accomplished Actor and Activist to Lead ACLU/SC's Board of Directors
The ACLU of Southern California's board of directors has elected actor and activist Alan Toy as its next president. He is the first disabled person to lead the ACLU/SC's board of directors, and he has been a strong advocate for disability rights within the ACLU as a member of its national board of directors.
By ACLU of Southern California
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