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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 11, 2012

Murder Rate Rises As Philly Controls Stop-and-Frisk

New York City leaders considering reining in the department's stop-and-frisk policy amid criticism from civil liberties groups have looked to Philadelphia for a possible model.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 8, 2012

NYCLU Releases 'Stop and Frisk Watch' App

The New York Civil Liberties Union has released the "Stop and Frisk Watch" app for Android phones that lets users to record and report police activity to the group.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 9, 2012

Court Shelves Ban on Recording of Officers In Ill.

A federal appellate court has ordered Illinois police and prosecutors not to arrest or charge anyone for recording police officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 27, 2012

ACLU Sues Border Patrol Over Traffic Stops

The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Border Patrol, alleging agents routinely and illegally violate the rights of Latinos and other people of color through unjustifiable traffic stops.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 29, 2012

Civil Rights Suit Filed Against NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk

The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal class-action lawsuit against New York City and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, claiming officers conducted suspicionless stops inside private buildings.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 27, 2012

ACLU: FBI's 'Positive Intel' Violates Muslims' Religious Rights

The FBI used its "mosque outreach" program to illegally obtain information about the religious practices of San Francisco-area Muslims, the American Civil Liberties Union claims.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 23, 2012

ACLU Critical of California's Prison 'Realignment'

California's initiative to shift state inmates to local jails has drawn fire from the American Civil Liberties Union, who has released a report criticizing "realignment."

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 2, 2012

ICE Shooter Subject of Complaints

A federal agent who was killed after shooting his supervisor in a workplace confrontation in California had been the subject of complaints by immigrant advocates for allegedly using coercive tactics with immigrants.

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Inside the Badge January 3, 2012

LASD Jail Probe: A View From the Inside

While behind bars, I honed my skills with on-the-job training. I learned how to slip out of my handcuffs, cut metal, and smuggle knives, hacksaws, and drugs. Most of all, I learned how to manipulate, intimidate, and confuse deputies who were still learning how to be cops.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 15, 2011

Video: ACLU and NAACP Want Fed Probe of Vegas OIS

The NAACP in Las Vegas and the ACLU of Nevada want seperate investigations into the shooting of an unarmed Gulf War veteran who had rammed patrol cars at an apartment complex.

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