Latest From ACLU of Washington

The latest content and updates from the ACLU of Washington website.

Resources [Police Reform]

Published: 
Friday, October 28, 2022
Read more

We need radical hope like never before

Published: 
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Radical hope dares to believe that even when forces seek to exclude some of us, we will find a way to include all of us.
Read more

Infringement of personal liberty within the civil commitment system

Published: 
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
The legal basis for and ability to commit someone has changed dramatically over the last few hundred years in the United States. Here is a brief history of institutionalization in Washington State and context for some of the massive racial disparities that exist in the civil commitment system.
Read more

An Open Letter to Our King County Neighbors 

News Release, Published: 
Friday, October 7, 2022
Read more

29 community organizations publish open letter highlighting that police reform legislation has saved lives, improved public safety

News Release, Published: 
Friday, October 7, 2022
A recently publicized letter from eight of the 13 South King County mayors made the unsubstantiated claim that policing and drug policy reforms enacted by the state Legislature are driving an increase in crime. Those narratives aren’t just false.
Read more

Indigenous Justice is Foundational to Civil Rights – and Under Attack

Published: 
Friday, October 7, 2022
We all live, work, and play on the ancestral homelands of Indigenous peoples who have stewarded these lands since time immemorial.
Read more

Know Your Rights Guide: Protests

Document, Published: 
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
This guide covers the legal protections you have while protesting or otherwise exercising your free speech rights in public places. Although some of the legal principles are firmly established, as with many areas of law, free speech law is complex and continually developing. 
Read more

Efforts to censor student expression are on the rise, nationally and in Washington  

Published: 
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Educators are grappling with ways to teach topics like race, gender, and sexuality. But rather than embracing open dialogue about these issues, state legislatures and lawmakers throughout the country are working to limit the way schools discuss them. 
Read more

Automated Decision Systems and Entrenched Biases in Jury Pool Selection

Published: 
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
In Washington state, several courts use automated decision systems, including applications that are controlled and kept secret by corporations to form jury pools.
Read more

Pages