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Lawsuit accuses Miami of ‘racial gerrymandering’ in drawing new voting districts

MIAMI — A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses Miami of creating racially segregated districts when officials redrew the boundaries of the city’s voting map in the spring, a controversial process that drew opposition from neighborhood groups over concerns that the plan weakened the political power of Black voters in Coconut Grove.

Miami Herald

School board in Pa. wants to ban teachers from advocating ‘social policy’ issues. ACLU fears it would target LGBTQ students

PHILADELPHIA — The Central Bucks school board is advancing a policy that would ban staff members from advocating to students about “partisan, political or social policy issues,” a proposal critics said would have a chilling effect on teachers.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Brickbat: Close Enough for Police Work

The ACLU has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Ruby Johnson, 77, whose home was raided by a Denver SWAT team looking for stolen items after her house was pinged as the location of a stolen iPhone by the "Find My" app. According to a copy of the affidavit police…

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The Annie Leibovitz Limiting Principle for 303 Creative

The ACLU inadvertently explains how Lorie Smith could prevail.

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'Frightened' gran's house raided by SWAT team after false 'Find my iPhone' alert

Video shows heavily armed police surrounding Ruby Johnson's house and using a bullhorn to warn the elderly occupant to come outside her Denver home with her hands up

Daily Mirror

Cronyist Journalism Measure Could Prompt Facebook To Ban News

Plus: ACLU sides against religious freedom, abortions after Dobbs, and more...

Reason

Legal settlement puts police agencies on notice about new use of deadly force restrictions

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Days after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a 2019 law meant to reduce police shootings, law enforcement union leaders began telling officers that the new policy didn't really change much at all.

Los Angeles Times

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ACLU sues city of Phoenix to stop sweeps of homeless camp

The ACLU of Arizona says it is suing the city of Phoenix in order to block resumed sweeps of a huge homeless encampment downtown that they say has displaced people and destroyed identification documents, prescription medications and other belongings

The Independent UK

Minneapolis settles with 12 hurt in George Floyd protests

The city of Minneapolis has reached a $600,000 settlement with 12 protesters who were injured during protests after the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd

The Independent UK

Missouri ignores daughter’s pleas and executes man over 2005 murder of police officer

On Tuesday evening, the conservative-heavy US Supreme Court denied Kevin Johnson’s request for a stay of execution, based on arguments that racial bias played a part in his sentence

The Independent UK

The teen desperate to attend her father’s execution — and the court that won’t allow it

Kevin Johnson shot a police officer in 2005 and was sentenced to death when his daughter was just two years old. Now, she is having to fight for the unthinkable. Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK

Court to Girl: You Have To Wait 2 Years To Comfort Your Father as He Dies. And We're Killing Him Next Week.

Missouri law bans those under 21 from witnessing executions. Despite attempts to challenge the law, 19-year-old Khorry Ramey will be barred from attending her father's execution on Tuesday.

Reason

Judge blocks 19-year-old daughter’s plea to attend father’s execution

The Black man’s attorneys are also fighting for his life to be spared, arguing that he should be granted a stay of execution because his conviction and sentence were ‘infected by racism’ from the get-go

The Independent UK

California’s COVID-19 ‘misinformation’ law chills constitutionally protected speech

California is threatening to punish doctors whose advice deviates from the “scientific consensus.”

Chicago Sun-Times

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California's COVID-19 'Misinformation' Law Chills Constitutionally Protected Speech

The state is threatening to punish doctors whose advice deviates from the "scientific consensus."

Reason

Oregon Governor Pardons 45,000 Marijuana Offenders

The ACLU of Oregon is calling on other state governors to follow suit.

The Texas Tribune

ACLU calls for civil rights investigations into two North Texas school districts over anti-transgender policies

Frisco ISD’s new bathroom policy and Keller ISD’s ban on books that reference gender fluidity violate federal rules prohibiting sex-based discrimination, the ACLU said.

The Independent UK

Q&A: Padma Lakshmi donates to provide equal opportunities

Padma Lakshmi’s career is filled with highlights, from creating the Hulu series “Taste the Nation” to hosting “Top Chef” to writing a best-selling memoir and numerous cookbooks

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In Texas, civil rights investigations into Frisco, Keller schools sought over bathrooms and books

DALLAS — North Texas schools implementing policies that will harm LGBTQ children must be investigated, the ACLU of Texas said in federal civil rights complaints filed Monday evening.

Chicago Sun-Times

Businessmen seek $5 million in TIF funding to install surveillance cameras in Fulton Market, Garfield Park

The ACLU of Illinois has repeatedly raised alarms about such cameras, warning last year that the city’s camera system “continues to operate without any regulation or privacy or regular public reporting.”

The Independent UK

19-year-old asks court to let her watch father's execution

A 19-year-old woman is asking a federal court to allow her to watch her father’s death by injection, despite a Missouri law barring anyone under 21 from witnessing an execution

Los Angeles Times

Controversial Title 42 border policy vacated by federal judge

A federal judge in Washington on Tuesday vacated a controversial border policy known as Title 42, a public health law invoked by the Trump administration during the pandemic that had allowed border agents to quickly turn back migrants.

WEKU

Ky. Supreme Court hears arguments over abortion ban

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The ACLU Says California's Ban on COVID-19 'Misinformation' From Doctors Is Gratuitous and Unconstitutional

Two chapters of the organization say the law violates the First Amendment.

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