Press Releases

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ACLU and Michigan Immigrant Rights Center Decry Grand Rapids Police Department’s Investigation Resulting in the Exoneration and Reinstatement of Police Captain Curt VanderKooi Who Called ICE on U.S. Citizen and Veteran Jilmar Ramos-Gomez as a Whitewash

Internal Documents Obtained by ACLU and MIRC Show Vanderkooi Routinely Requested ICE to “Check Status” Of People in Police Custody, contradicting claims that Vanderkooi Asked ICE to Check Jilmar Ramos-Gomez’s Status Due to the Unusual Charges

April 26, 2019

ACLU Welcomes State Leaders’ Plan to Study Justice System In An Effort To Reduce Jail Population and Expand Alternatives to Locking People Up

DETROIT, Mich.

April 17, 2019

ACLU Press Conference Monday on Class Action Lawsuit Challenging Discriminatory Cash Bail System That Punishes Poor People in Detroit

MEDIA ADVISORY

WHAT:

April 15, 2019

ACLU Files Federal Class Action Lawsuit Challenging Discriminatory Cash Bail System That Punishes Poor People in Detroit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 14, 2019

ACLU/NRDC Panel Discussion Thursday on Flint Pipe Replacement Settlement

Panel Will Be Streamed on Facebook

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April 10, 2019

ACLU Welcomes New Executive Director Dave Noble, National Expert on Leading Political and Grassroots Movements

With His Passion for Social Justice, Noble is Thrilled to Head Premiere Civil Rights Organization

Dave Noble is available for media interviews beginning April 18, 2019.

April 4, 2019