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ACLU Will Investigate Michigan State Police Sting Operation Targeting Gay Men

DETROIT -- After receiving information about the entrapment of gay men or men suspected of being gay at a highway rest area, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan announced that it will be investigating the alleged undercover sting operation by the Michigan State Police.

June 21, 2004

ACLU Files Challenge to Mass Search Policy

DETROIT – At a news conference this morning, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan announced a challenge to a policy that has allowed the Detroit Police Department and the Detroit Public Schools to conduct mass searches of middle and high school students.

June 10, 2004

ACLU Will Again Challenge Abortion Ban

DETROIT – After two successful challenges and for the third time in seven years, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan announced today that it is preparing to file a lawsuit in the latest effort to ban abortion in Michigan now that the Legislature has passed a bill previously vetoed by G

June 9, 2004

ACLU of Michigan Rejects Bush Administration Call to Remove Patriot Act Sunsets

DETROIT - The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan today urged Congress and the American people to reject the latest call by the Bush administration to extend the USA Patriot Act.

May 26, 2004

Justice Department May Be Using Controversial Patriot Act Powers After All

DETROIT – Attorney General Ashcroft’s widely publicized announcement last September that a provision expanding the powers of the FBI had not yet been used may no longer be true, the American Civil Liberties Union said today.

May 20, 2004

ACLU Questions State Police's Authority to Participate in Data Collection

DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan today requested that the state police issue a formal ruling explaining why they believe that the “Multi-State Anti-Terrorist Information Exchange” (MATRIX) is not subject to Michigan’s law – the Interstate Law Enforcement Intelligence Organ

May 20, 2004