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DALLAS – Community advocacy groups today released a report, “Dignity for Dallas,” highlighting key findings on Dallas policing as well as a list of recommendations to improve law enforcement practices with model ordin
HOUSTON – The ACLU of Texas has launched a free interactive online tool – the Texas Jails Data Dashboard – that allows people to see the enormous financial costs associated with pretrial incarceration and the dangers of mass incarceration in a COVID-19 enviro
HOUSTON - Mayor Sylvester Turner, the Houston City Council, and Police Chief Art Acevedo already have the information they need to enact meaningful reforms to address police violence, restore trust and accountability, and address racial disparities in the criminal legal system; they should not wa
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas is calling on Houston city and police officials to ensure that the upcoming negotiations over the city’s police union contract, which is set to expire at the end of the year, are held in public and allow for input from members of the community.
HOUSTON – With wide-spread protests planned in honor of Juneteenth, the ACLU of Texas today sent a letter to the largest law enforcement agencies in Texas demanding that they publicly commit to ending the use of force and violence against protesters and to end mass arrests of peaceful protesters.
HOUSTON — The ACLU of Texas today called for immediate action to protect individual safety and free speech rights during protests over the police murder of George Floyd, in a letter s