Police Practices
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Police Practices and Racial Profiling in the News
September 13, 2007-- ACLU Files Open Records Lawsuit Against Providence Police Department Over Video Surveillance Policies
May 23, 2007 -- Judge Orders Release
May 3, 2007 -- ACLU Files Suit to Obtain Central Falls Police Shooting Records
January 8, 2007 -- ACLU Files "Racial Profiling" Lawsuit Against State Police for Illegal Detention of Guatemalans in I-95 Stop
January 4, 2007 -- ACLU Report Documents Continued Racial Profiling Problems in Rhode Island; Calls for Changes in Police Practices
November 30, 2006 -- ACLU Files Open Records Suit Against State Police to Obtain "Racial Profiling" Videotape
August 22, 2006 -- ACLU Calls for Moratorium on Police "Stun Gun" Use
May 26, 2006 -- RI ACLU Criticizes Smoke Shop Raid Ruling
November 14, 2005 -- Traffic Stop Statistics Document Both Racial Profiling and Poor Police Work, ACLU Report Concludes
September 21, 2005 -- Groups File Court Brief Challenging State Raid of Indian Smoke Shop
September 14, 2005 -- ACLU Criticizes Criminal Checks of Katrina Evacuees
August 8, 2005 -- Statistics on Traffic Stop Racial Profiling Show Backsliding, ACLU Report Finds
May 18, 2005 -- Rhode Island ACLU Files Request to Uncover Spy Documents After National ACLU Exposes FBI and Police Spying on Political Groups
May 16, 2005 -- ACLU Applauds Court Ruling on Police Liability for High Speed Chase
May 3, 2005 -- Police Departments Not Abiding By 2004 Law Against Racial Profiling, ACLU Report Finds
April 27, 2005 -- Groups Urge Swift Collection of Evidence in Carpio Arrest
March 31, 2005 -- Research Shows Racial Profiling Persists in RI Traffic Enforcement; ACLU Plans Response
February 3, 2005 -- Settlement Reached in Racial Profiling Claim Against Scituate Police
December 20, 2004 -- Providence Police Obtain Training Funds on Breaking Up "Civil Actions," ACLU Reveals
August 10, 2004 -- Court Rules that Trial Can Proceed in ACLU's Racial Profiling Suit Against Scituate Police
February 12, 2004 -- ACLU Calls For Change to Open Records Law in Response to Death of South Kingstown Man
January 5, 2004 -- ACLU Challenges Providence Appeal of Liability in Racial Profiling Case
November 25, 2003 -- ACLU Responds to Providence “Action Plan” on Racial Profiling
October 27, 2003 -- ACLU Seeks Contempt Order Against Providence Police Department in Suit Over Collection of Racial Profiling Data
September 29, 2003 -- ACLU Demands Continued Racial Profiling Data Collection by Providence Police Department
July 17, 2003 -- Appeal Filed in “Driving While Black” Lawsuit Against Westerly Police
July 15, 2003 -- Groups Condemn Police Raid of Narragansett Smoke Shop
July 1, 2003 -- Civil Rights Groups Respond to Racial Profiling Study
April 21, 2003 -- Supreme Court Orders Providence to Pay Costs, Attorneys Fees in Police Misconduct Open Records Case
January 31, 2003 -- ACLU Files Racial Profiling Lawsuit Against Scituate Police