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El Paso City Council: Keep the Police Department Accountable
On June 8, ACLU of Texas policy and advocacy strategist, Adri Perez, testified before the El Paso City Council to call on its members and the mayor to take meaningful action in holding the El Paso Police Department accountable. Below is a transcript of the testimony Adri gave before the council.
By Adri Perez
Reimagining the Role of Police
Anthony D. Romero, ACLU Executive Director
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By By Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director, ACLU
Police Use of Force at a Time of Peaceful Protest
On May 31, less than one week after the murder of George Floyd, who grew up in Texas and was killed by a Minneapolis police officer in broad daylight, the Dallas Police Department’s (DPD) Twitter feed blandly reported “76 individuals arrested and jailed and approximately 45 to 60 more being processed to go to jail.”
By Marissa Ocampo, Selene Escalera
The Texas We Deserve is Bigger than Carry-out Cocktails
This piece was originally published in the Austin-American Statesman.
By Terri Burke
How to Co-opt a Pandemic to Ban Asylum
Ruthie Epstein, Former Deputy Director, Immigration Policy, ACLU
By Ruthie Epstein, Deputy Director, Immigration Policy, ACLU, Shaw Drake
A Texan Family’s Fight for Their Land and History
The idea of walling off the border is not new to the folks in south Texas.
By Selene Escalera, David Donatti
Dallas County Officials are Leaving Vulnerable People to Catch COVID-19 in Jail
Andrea Woods, Staff Attorney, Criminal Law Reform Project
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By Andrea Woods
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