ACLU-MN SUES ON BEHALF OF MAN WRONGFULLY ARRESTED IN WILLMAR
The ACLU of Minnesota filed a lawsuit on behalf of Derrick Gilbert, who was unlawfully arrested by Willmar police in a classic case of “walking while Black.”
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ANOKA, Minn. -- After fighting for years for the right to vote, two Minnesotans are suing to prevent that right from being yanked out from underneath them.
As the United States Supreme Court stated in Graham v. Connor: The decision to use force "requires careful attention to the facts and circumstances of each particular case.”
The Supreme Court issued two rulings today restricting schools’ ability to fully address systemic racial inequalities that persist in higher education – and hindering the ability of a university to select its student body.
When two men carjacked someone, robbed a group of women at the Mall of America a day later, and used the women’s cards to buy items at Walmart, Kylese Perryman was nowhere nearby. Police arrested the innocent man anyway and failed to do a basic investigation that would have cleared him. We sued.
MINNEAPOLIS — The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has found the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) engages in unconstitutional policing.
The two-year investigation by DOJ — prompted by the 2020 police murder of George Floyd — found:
Plaintiffs represented by the ACLU of Minnesota have reached a settlement with former MPD union head and Lt. Bob Kroll over his role in the police violence against demonstrators during the George Floyd protests.