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On July 1, 2019, we joined ACLU national, the Cato Institute, and the Rutherford Institute in filing an amicus brief in support of a currently pending petition before the Fourth Circuit, for the Court to review en banc the panel decision in the case of Tun-Cos v. Perrotte.
On Saturday evening June 22 at a platform in the U St. Metro station, Metro Transit Police Officer Jonathan Costanzo tasered Metro customer Tapiwa Musonza as he was verbally advocating for a teenager detained by officers.
Today, the ACLU of Virginia sent a letter to Richmond City Mayor Levar Stoney and all members of Richmond City Council in support of the Richmond Transparency and Accountability Project's call for more police transparency and accountability.
The ACLU and the ACLU of Virginia, along with Relman, Dane & Colfax, PLLC, a Washington, D.C.-based civil rights law firm, filed a federal lawsuit today
Today, Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Robert Smith denied a motion from the Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) that asked the court to reverse its decision prohibiting the passive use of automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) for surveillance by FCPD.
The ACLU of Virginia, in collaboration with global law firm White & Case LLP, today filed a federal class-action lawsuit against the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) seeking to end the practice of solitary confinement in two of its most notorious prisons.