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From drag queens to inmates: The ACLU’s battle for civil liberties in Southern California
1 year, 6 months ago

From drag queens to inmates: The ACLU’s battle for civil liberties in Southern California

LA Times  

“Every generation has to fight to preserve what prior generations were able to secure,” says Hector Villagra, executive director at the ACLU of Southern California. “The Lady Java case is very similar to the drag queen issue of today,” said Hector Villagra, executive director of the ACLU of Southern California. “Progress isn’t inevitable.” :: Accelerating political attacks and restrictions on …

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ACLU asks judge to hold sheriff and supervisors in contempt over jail conditions
1 year, 9 months ago

ACLU asks judge to hold sheriff and supervisors in contempt over jail conditions

LA Times  

In this photo, taken from court documents, three inmates sleep on the floor of a clinic at the Los Angeles County jail system’s Inmate Reception Center. In a 27-page motion detailing the jails’ “systemic failures,” lawyers with the civil rights organization — which is representing inmates in a long-standing class-action lawsuit — accused the county of flouting court orders by …

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‘Barbaric’ L.A. County jail conditions alleged as ACLU seeks federal intervention
2 years, 3 months ago

‘Barbaric’ L.A. County jail conditions alleged as ACLU seeks federal intervention

LA Times  

Three inmates sleep on the floor at the clinic of the Los Angeles County jail system’s Inmate Reception Center. Filth and degradation in the overcrowded Los Angeles County jail system has turned “barbaric” for a growing number of mentally ill inmates who are chained to chairs for days or left to sleep on a concrete floor without bedding, a civil …

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ACLU Offers To Help Britney Spears Fight For Control Over Her Life And Career
4 years, 4 months ago

ACLU Offers To Help Britney Spears Fight For Control Over Her Life And Career

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Britney Spears, who is embroiled in a legal battle to remove her father as her conservator, could get a little help from the American Civil Liberties Union. “If Britney Spears wants to regain her civil liberties and get out of her conservatorship, we are here to help her.” “We don’t know whether Spears identifies herself as disabled,” …

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ACLU sues to end L.A. curfew, calling it a suppression of political protest
4 years, 6 months ago

ACLU sues to end L.A. curfew, calling it a suppression of political protest

LA Times  

People are arrested for violating curfew in Los Angeles after peaceful protests on June 2, 2020, over police brutality and the death of George Floyd. “The curfews’ extraordinary suppression of all political protest in the evening hours plainly violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and their blanket restrictions on movement outside working hours violate the Constitution’s protection of …

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