News & Commentary
Police Are Using Newborn Genetic Screening to Search for Suspects, Threatening Privacy and Public Health
States must craft policies to rein in unbridled police access to newborn blood samples.
ACLU-NJ Advocacy at the NJ Supreme Court is Raising the Bar
As U.S. Supreme Court rulings eviscerate established civil rights, state-level advocacy is vital. An ACLU-NJ event looked at the big-picture civil rights landscape and the NJ Supreme Court.
By Jeanne LoCicero
2 Years After George Floyd, We Need Legislative Change to Confront White Supremacy
The movement following George Floyd’s murder suggested the great potential for confronting discrimination and police violence in communities of color, with communities pooling together the one resource most capable of creating change: political will. Decisive action is more essential now than ever.
By Jim Sullivan, Karen Thompson
Essex jail’s task force has yet to act after 2 years
Two years after its creation, the Essex County Correctional Facility Task Force has not met some of its most basic responsibilities.
By Molly Linhorst
Q&A: An Interview with ACLU-NJ Attorney Karen Thompson
In the last year, ACLU-NJ Senior Staff Attorney Karen Thompson has worked on cases that speak to the national moment in civil rights. She shares her perspective on working toward racial justice and police accountability in New Jersey through the legal system and changes in the law.
A lesson from Juneteenth: ‘We must shine a light in hidden places’
Juneteenth is clearly a celebration of freedom for Black people in America. It is also a glaring example of obstructed information being released and thus serves as a cautionary tale for this moment.
By Karen Thompson
I fought for civilian review of police and served on a CCRB - and transparency matters now more than ever
The Newark Rebellion: 50 Years Later
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Newark Rebellion, the ACLU-NJ revisited the events of July 12-17, 1967, through live-tweeting the events as they would have unfolded in real time.
Time to Tell Jersey Police: License, Please
By licensing police officers — the most immediately powerful agents of the state — we protect citizens, promote standards of professionalism and address the all- too-common problem of police officers who are terminated from one department for misconduct getting a job in another town.
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