The ACLU of Connecticut takes an active role in every session of the state legislature to support bills that advance civil liberties and oppose those that do not. We have testified before the legislature hundreds of times and have taken leading roles in the struggles to repeal the death penalty, fight racial profiling, challenge police practices, advocate for decarceation and an end to discrimination against people living with a criminal record, protect and expand LGBTQIA+ rights, and prevent encroachment on the right to free speech.
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The most frequent way that police come into contact with community members is through traffic enforcement. As with many types of policing, traffic enforcement disproportionately impacts Black and brown...
Protecting our eldest residents is important, but public registries will limit the ability of people living with criminal records to contribute to society and build successful and fulfilling lives for...
Protections against housing discrimination provide important supports to people in difficult situations. There is no circumstance in which it is acceptable for a landlord to discriminate against a tenant...
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.
SB 464 is particularly concerning because it removes the requirement that all parties consent to a recording and instead would only require one party to consent.
The ACLU-CT does not support initiatives that increase the role of policing in our society, and instead supports the reinvestment of funds from policing into programs that support community strength and...