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The ACLU People Power Fairfax and other advocates have been asking for demographic breakouts of data for not only use of force, but other key police actions, such as arrests (by category), misdemeanors (summons and custodial arrests), stops and traffic citations.
A lawsuit was filed today on behalf of protesters and the youth activists of the Virginia Student Power Network (VSPN) against the City of Richmond, the Richmond Police Departm
The ACLU of Virginia sent a notice of noncompliance yesterday to the Office of the Attorney General alleging the state’s failure to follow the settlement agreement in Whorley v.
The Northam administration’s decision announced at the end of the day today to begin enforcing the Lee Monument anti-speech regulations first proposed by former Governor McAuliffe in 2018 and made permanent in 2019 is ill-considered and deeply disturbing.
The ACLU of Virginia, along with Southerners on New Ground and Richmond for All, sent a letter today to Richmond Police Chief William Smith, Richmond Mayor Levar S
The ACLU of Virginia and 27 advocacy organizations call for a special legislative session on police reform in Virginia.