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Militarized policing harms communities and people. They should be defunded, not prioritized through sweetheart immunity deals for collaborators.
The ACLU-CT firmly opposes increasing to police funding, and as a result must oppose Section 6 of Senate Bill 241. This part of the bill unnecessarily appropriates five million dollars to fund additional...
The ACLU-CT strongly supports House Bill 5254 as an essential measure to confronting a deep history of racial discrimination in Connecticut’s public spaces. Access to the shoreline by Connecticut residents...
As introduced, this bill requires amendments if it is to truly help Connecticut to step away from harmful policing.
While no one wants to see any animal injured or killed at the hands of a human, doubling the potential penalty for this category of offense is not the answer.
To balance between unnecessarily excluding people with a criminal record from suitable jobs and the need to ensure pyrotechnic safety, the ACLU-CT proposes that DESPP utilize a balancing test like the one...