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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) National organization advocating individual rights, by litigating, legislating, and educating the public on a broad array of issues affecting individual freedom in the United States.



ACLU’s annual civil rights event in SLO

Written on 29 Mar, 2018 in Discovered, Featured | No comments

The San Luis Obispo Chapter of the ACLU is hosting its bi-annual general meeting on March 31 (this Saturday) at the San Luis Obispo Library’s Community Room located at the corner of Palm and Osos Street, an event in which... (Continue reading)

ACLU hosts Constitution Day BBQ Saturday

Written on 15 Sep, 2016 in Discovered, Featured | 13 comments

In celebration of Constitution Day, the San Luis Obispo County Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is hosting a BBQ at Santa Rosa Park in San Luis Obispo on Saturday Sept. 17 at 1 p.m. The public is invited to... (Continue reading)

Two LA County Sheriff’s deputies sentenced to prison

Written on 9 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Two Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies who were found guilty after a two-week trial earlier this year of falsifying reports with the intent to obstruct justice related to their assault of a waist-chained inmate were sentenced to prison terms today. Former... (Continue reading)

Discourse, diversity and democracy

Written on 29 Dec, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 52 comments

OPINION By DEBBIE PETERSON As the target of criticism over my role on the steering committee of the SLO County chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (a position also held by the fearless publisher of CalCoast News, Karen Velie),... (Continue reading)

California officer wrestles pregnant woman to the ground

Written on 30 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 48 comments

The ACLU has released footage of a California police officer tackling an eight-months pregnant woman and wrestling her to the ground. [LA Times] Charlena Michelle Cooks has just dropped off her daughter at elementary school when the Barstow police officer... (Continue reading)

Federal court upholds California’s DNA sampling law

Written on 21 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

A federal appeals court has unanimously upheld a California law that allows officials to collect DNA samples from anyone arrested for a felony. [Mercury News] The 5-year-old law permits DNA sampling without review by a judge and even if criminal... (Continue reading)

Website sues FBI for alleged spying

Written on 22 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

Has the FBI been spying on an online magazine? The editors of San Francisco-based Antiwar.com are suing the federal agency with the help of the ACLU to prove their assertion that government agents have had the website on their investigative... (Continue reading)

Brown: Early prison release for some

Written on 3 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

Low-risk and elderly inmates in California state prisons would be released early in an effort to reduce institutional crowding, Gov. Jerry Brown announced Wednesday. (Los Angeles Times) Brown was responding to a federal court order requiring a plan to accomplish... (Continue reading)

Maricopa traffic cops will back off of motorists

Written on 1 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

Motorists driving through Maricopa can breathe a little easier now that the police department has revamped its policy for citing traffic violations. The town of 1,200 in western Kern County had turned into a trap of sorts where in the... (Continue reading)

CMC inmate suing prison over grooming policy

Written on 26 Feb, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A Sikh inmate at the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo is suing the Department of Corrections for punishing him for refusing to trim his beard in adherence to his religion. [SacramentoBee] Sukhjinder Basra claims that guards punished him... (Continue reading)