News & Commentary
Jan 23, 2012
Occupy L.A.: a grassroots movement
"What are we talkin' bout? Practice? We talkin' bout practice, man. We not even talking about the game," said former NBA superstar Allen Iverson almost ten years ago. His now memorable words came to mind when I read that Los Angeles officials are negotiating with Occupy protesters to break down the camp at City Hall Park and relocate it.
By ACLU of Southern California
Jan 18, 2012
Charging LA County Sheriff Baca and Top Department Brass with Condoning Pattern of Savage Deputy-on-Inmate Violence
Complaint Alleges High-Level Staff Knew Gangs of Deputies Beat Inmates and Condoned Cover-Ups
By ACLU of Southern California
Jan 10, 2012
Los Angeles Juvenile Courts Will Dismiss Curfew Tickets for Students on Their Way to School and Direct Students to Supportive Services
By ACLU of Southern California
Dec 12, 2011
Bill of Rights Dinner 2011
By Hector Villagra, Executive Director
It’s a hard video to stomach, I know.
Seeing it always reminds me of what Dostoevsky wrote:
"The degree of civilization in a society can be measured by entering its prisons."
I think the point is this: if you want to judge the soul of a society, you see how it treats the weak, the vulnerable, and, yes, even the scorned. That's the true test of how good and just a society is.
By ACLU of Southern California
Dec 12, 2011
Anti-gay Bullying Demands a Response from Our Community
This post originally appeared in The Tennessean.
This week’s news of another suicide by a young student—brought about after years of anti-gay bullying at his school—reminds me of my own experiences attending schools in Tennessee twenty years ago. Unfortunately, it seems little has changed.
By James Gilliam
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