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DETROIT – The ACLU of Michigan filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of Christopher Gibson, a Black man who was pepper sprayed, tasered and brutalized by Warren Police officers in December 2022.
DETROIT –The ACLU of Michigan filed a federal lawsuit this week demanding that Juan Manuel Lopez-Campos, a longtime Detroit resident and father of five U.S. citizens, be given a bond hearing so he can explain to a court why he is entitled to be released from immigration detention.
DETROIT - The ACLU of Michigan, the ACLU, and the law firm Goodwin Procter today asked the Michigan Court of Appeals to overturn a lower court’s decision and reinstate our case, YWCA of Kalamazoo v. State of Michigan, a challenge to Michigan’s unjust ban on Medicaid coverage of abortion.
FLINT - A decade after lead contaminated water was found in Flint, Michigan’s water system, the legal battle to replace lead water pipes is finished, a landmark milestone for a city defined by its dangerous water.
DETROIT–The ACLU of Michigan and AACRL filed a federal lawsuit against Plymouth-Canton and one of its employees for violating the First Amendment Rights of a middle school student whose teacher repeatedly and public humiliated her for refusing to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
DETROIT – The ACLU of Michigan is disappointed that the Michigan Senate passed flawed legislation this week that is not evidence-based and that fails to respond to key aspects of a court ruling holding parts of Michigan’s Sex Offenders Registration Act (SORA) unconstitutional.