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Jun 12, 2013

Proud to be a Member at Motor City Pride

Andrew Goddeeris, Legal Intern
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Jun 11, 2013

If the Government Can Spy on Us, We Can Spy on It

The government is tracking every citizen’s every move in a humungous, all-encompassing surveillance program behind closed doors, then a young protagonist reveals the federal government’s secrets and has to...

Jun 9, 2013

Weekly Rights Review: Arrest Disparities, and Free Speech Violations, and Surveillance Atrocities, Oh My!

Revelations about civil rights violations have been bountiful this past week. We have discovered that black people are arrested for marijuana possession at a very disproportionate rate; activists have been...

May 21, 2013

Don’t Let Them Sneak This One By

It looks like the summer of 2013 is shaping up to be just like that of 2012 – all about vagina.

Tomorrow morning, the Michigan State Board of Canvassers is holding a hearing that could be the...

May 1, 2013

The 815 Secret Places Your Rights Disappear

Think twice before parking your car in Grand Rapids.

Gilbert pulled over to stretch his legs at a gas station. He was arrested and tossed in jailed for three days. Waiting for friends at a bar, Tyrone...

Think twice before parking your car in Grand Rapids.

Gilbert pulled over to stretch his legs at a gas station. He was arrested and tossed in jailed for three days. Waiting for friends at a bar, Tyrone...

May 1, 2013

ACLU Challenges Grand Rapids Practice of Arresting Innocent People for Trespassing

The ACLU of Michigan and the ACLU’s Criminal Law Reform Project filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the Grand Rapids Police Department’s longstanding practice of arresting innocent people for criminal...