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To help celebrate Arab American Heritage Month, we talked with Mr. Ahmed for a wide-ranging Q&A that included discussion of his experiences with racism, his passion for multiculturalism, and the reason he has hope for a brighter future despite the hateful rhetoric coming from politicians.

The GRPD and the city have promised transparency and accountability and a full investigation. But despite calls from Lyoya’s grief-stricken family and from the traumatized and outraged Grand Rapids community, the officer’s name has been withheld. Why?

Prosecutors who work day-to-day with a particular law enforcement agency should not be responsible for prosecuting police shootings by that agency.

While it is difficult to suggest anything positive that can come from Patrick Lyoya’s killing, his death must not be in vain. We must put an end to the brutal indifference to Black lives. 

Now the Distinguished Jurist in Residence at the Wayne State University Law School, Marilyn Kelly recently talked with us about her personal journey, the state of the women’s movement, her admiration for Madam C.J. Walker and more as part of our Women’s History Month activities.

Murray knew that one does not “apply” to be a justice of the Supreme Court. That was an unspoken rule, alongside another implicit requirement: being a white man.

Following a white militia member’s killing of two protestors and the wounding of a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year, ACLU Racial Justice Program staff attorney Leah Watson and her team spent months investigating exactly what happened.

Why the ACLU of Michigan is back in federal court fighting the state’s destructive Sex Offender Registry Act on behalf of me and thousands of others

We enter 2022 resolute, prepared and ready to fight for our most fundamental rights alongside our many partners, supporters, volunteers and allies.