Press Releases

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ACLU/ACLU-MN Statement on Federal Guilty Verdict in George Floyd Killing

The jury deliberating the fate of three police officers who helped Derek Chauvin kill George Floyd has found them guilty of all five federal civil rights charges facing them.

February 24, 2022

ACLU-MN Statement on Kimberly Potter Sentencing

The ACLU of Minnesota has this statement on today's sentencing of Kimberly Potter, the police officer who killed Daunte Wright. Please attribute to ACLU-MN Legal Director Teresa Nelson:

February 18, 2022

MN-ACLU Files Data Request Demanding Information on Amir Locke Killing

The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota just filed a request under the state Government Data Practices Act for data around the Minneapolis police killing of Amir Locke.

February 18, 2022

ACLU-MN Calls for Firing of Officer Who Killed Amir Locke

The ACLU of Minnesota joins the NAACP and other civil rights groups in calling for the immediate firing of the Minneapolis police officer who killed Amir Locke. The officer must be held accountable for using more than objectively reasonable force under the circumstances, violating MPD policies.

February 17, 2022

ACLU-MN Wins $825,000 Settlement, Reforms to End Minnesota State Patrol Attacks on Journalists

A federal judge has approved a permanent injunction that will prohibit Minnesota State Patrol from attacking or arresting journalists, as part of a settlement agreement between journalists and the MSP that includes $825,000 for journalists who were attacked and injured, plus numerous reforms.

February 8, 2022

ACLU-MN Statement calling for no-knock ban, more footage, transparency in MPD killing of Amir Locke

The ACLU-MN renews its call for a state ban on no-knock warrants following the police killing of Amir Locke.

February 4, 2022