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Victory! ACLU wins 11-year-old's right to protest without paying for police detail

Imposing the $200-400 fee for peaceful political assembly and speech violates the First Amendment.

May 26, 2015

Black Lives Matter demonstrators cleared of disorderly conduct, trespassing charges

Schoolteacher couple successfully fought charges stemming from their arrest after a Boston rally that followed the failure to indict a New York police officer who choked an unarmed Black man to death.

May 26, 2015

ACLU win at Supreme Judicial Court protects due process for thousands, in cases stemming from Dookhan drug lab scandal

State high court ruling on case brought by the ACLU of Massachusetts, the national ACLU, and Foley Hoag LLP provides safe harbor for those who challenge wrongful convictions based on tainted evidence from the Hinton state drug lab.

May 26, 2015

Lowell will not enforce anti-panhandling ordinance during the holiday season

Court decision expected next year on ordinance banning charitable requests in Lowell's Downtown Historic District.

December 11, 2014

REVISED: Judge dismisses criminal complaint against ACLU client who recorded Somerville police encounter

Court had previously charged Wenzday Jane for "interfering with a police officer" after she used her phone to video-record police questioning three teenagers on a playground.

December 10, 2014

Boston is ready for smart police reforms

Boston is a world-class city: a center for the arts and a hub of innovation. We benefit from two daily newspapers and two NPR stations. We have championship sports teams that win often enough to make us proud. We have the world’s best universities and a thriving start-up economy.

August 6, 2014