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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota is pleased to announce the selection of Deepinder Singh Mayell as its next executive director. He will start on May 10.
The city of Minneapolis’ new policy around no-knock warrants is a step in the right direction.
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.
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:
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.
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.