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Know Your Rights: Videotaping Police Officers

So, you are walking down the block when you see a police officer arresting someone and pull out your phone to take a video of the scene. There’s nothing wrong with that, right?

July 25, 2013

Fur Protester, ACLU Sue Birmingham Police Over Unconstitutional Arrest

DETROIT – In an effort to protect the free speech rights of protesters, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of an animal rights activist who was arrested by Birmingham police while peacefully demonstrating on a public sidewalk outside of a fur re

July 25, 2013

Highland Park EM Throws Away Historic Collection of African American Books, Residents and ACLU Express Outrage

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich.

June 21, 2013

Mackinac Island Leafleting Ordinance Blatantly Unconstitutional, ACLU Tells Officials

MACKINAC ISLAND – In a letter today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan urged Mackinac Island officials to repeal an unconstitutional ordinance that makes it a crime to leaflet in all public places.

May 31, 2013

No Leafleting on Mackinac Island

During the annual Mackinac Conference on Mackinac Island in May 2013, a police officer ordered a progressive education activist standing on a public sidewalk to stop passing out flyers critical of the privatization of public education.

May 31, 2013

Closing the Capitol to Freedom

On December 6, the gap between my classes allowed me only a brief window to drive to the Capitol to capture some video of the Michigan legislature’s attempts to ram through a flurry of last-minute bills.

February 4, 2013