News Releases

After vigorous opposition from the ACLU-WA, activists, and the public, the city has announced that it is dropping plans to deploy automated gunshot location systems. However, the city declared its intention to move forward with the installation of CCTV cameras and the expansion of Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR) throughout several Seattle neighborhoods, in conjunction with the deployment of real-time crime center software (RTCC), to surveil residents despite the objections of the ACLU-WA and members of the public.   

ACLU of Washington, Legal Voice, and QLaw, sue the State of Washington to prevent I-2081 from going into effect

ACLU of Washington Statement on Student-Led Protests on University Campuses

ACLU-WA sends notice to Sunnyside School Board of WA Voting Rights Act Violation

Empowering Latina Leaders and Action (ELLA), ACLU de Washington notifican a Junta Escolar de Sunnyside sobre violación de la Ley del Derecho al Voto del Estado de Washington

Brief Argues that the Constitutional Prohibition on ‘Cruel and Unusual Punishments’ Prevents Cities from Arresting or Fining People Experiencing Homelessness for Sleeping in Public

The ACLU of Washington is committed to protecting the rights of unhoused people, and we urge community leaders to condemn this violence.

The city must hold the department accountable when it causes harm and work toward a place where all Seattle residents feel safe. Our thoughts are with Jaahnavi’s family.

The ACLU of Washington sent a letter to Yakima City Council on Thursday, February 15, expressing its concerns about a proposal to change the structure of city governance from a council-manager system to a council-mayor system.

HB 2065 will align the judicial system with established science around brain development and adolescent behavior, reflect best practices in sentencing, and begin to rectify the vast racial disparities in Washington’s sentencing system.