News & Commentary
Apr 09, 2012
Incompetent school officials, empty promises, and the school bus ride from hell
Deliberate indifference. It’s a lawyerly way of saying that somebody knows about — but doesn’t do anything to fix — a problem. Different people have different reasons for resorting to a state of deliberate indifference, and we can only hope we don’t see it from a fire fighter en route to a disaster.
By ACLU of Southern California
Apr 05, 2012
Let Ruthelle vote
Ruthelle Frank was able to vote in Tuesday's primary elections in Wisconsin. But it took multiple lawsuits and 10 months to make it happen. And she still may not be able to vote in November.
By ACLU of Southern California
Apr 05, 2012
Duncan Roy: Director Trapped in Men's Central Jail
LA WEEKLY: Director Duncan Roy casts a courtly image of a baronial figure as he sits in his home atop Las Flores Canyon, a modernist, Bohemian hideaway with a jaw-dropping view of the Pacific. His surroundings project an image of California's creative lifestyle at its most alluring. But in February, Roy found himself standing alone outside Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail, released after three months of harrowing and wrongful incarceration.
By ACLU of Southern California
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