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Aug 17, 2015
ACLU Objects To TF Green Airport Participation In Homeland Security 'Behavior Detection' Experiment
The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island today raised deep concerns about a decision by T.F. Green Airport officials to participate in a Department of Homeland Security field test designed to expand a largely discredited “behavior detection” program that attempts to determine travelers’ motives of “mal-intent” by monitoring their mundane actions.
Aug 17, 2015
ACLU of Rhode Island Statement On HPV Vaccine Mandate For Students
The ACLU of Rhode Island recognizes the Department of Health’s legitimate interest in promoting the HPV vaccine for both boys and girls. We also appreciate that there are some illnesses that warrant imposition of mandatory vaccinations in order to protect children attending school. However, excluding middle and high school students from school for being unvaccinated against HPV strikes us as an unfitting and disproportionate remedy.
Aug 11, 2015
Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss ACLU's Medical Marijuana Lawsuit
A Superior Court judge this morning rejected a motion to dismiss a lawsuit by the ACLU of Rhode Island regarding the state's medical marijuana program.
Aug 06, 2015
ACLU Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act; Highlights More Work To Be Done
On today’s 50th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the ACLU of Rhode Island issued the following statement to highlight that even in our state, people of color continue to face barriers to voting that undermine the spirit of that monumental Act.
Aug 06, 2015
The Promise of the Voting Rights Act, 50 Years Later
By Johanna Kaiser, Communications and Development Associate
Aug 05, 2015
ACLU Calls On Cranston City Council To Initiate Broader Investigation Into Police Practices
Calling the findings of the Rhode Island State Police (RISP) investigation into the Cranston Police Department likely the “tip of an iceberg,” the ACLU of Rhode Island urged the Cranston City Council to call for further investigations into police practices and possible abuses of power against individuals outside the department.
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