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Dan Barrett to Become New Legal Director of the ACLU of Connecticut

The ACLU of Connecticut is proud to announce that Dan Barrett will join the organization as Legal Director. He comes to Connecticut from the ACLU of Vermont.

May 5, 2015

Hartford Moves to Recognize All Its Residents With City ID Cards

The city of Hartford is planning a municipal identification program that would facilitate access to city services, programs and benefits for all Hartford residents, regardless of race, age, gender, arrest or conviction record, citizenship status or sexual orientation.

April 24, 2015

East Haven Announces Settlement With Woman Who Claimed Police Abuse

The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut and the town of East Haven announced today that they have settled a lawsuit stemming from a January 2013 traffic stop and detention of New Haven woman, Dominique Cash.

April 22, 2015

David McGuire Appointed to Legislative and Policy Director for the ACLU of Connecticut

The ACLU of Connecticut is proud to announce David McGuire’s appointment as Legislative and Policy Director for the ACLU of Connecticut.

April 13, 2015

Connecticut Makes Major Moves to Cut Prison Population and Violent Crime

The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut praised yesterday’s passage of a groundbreaking criminal justice reform bill through the Judiciary Committee, which is a critical step to seeing this proposal come to fruition.

April 10, 2015

Put the Brakes on Biased Traffic Stops

The ACLU of Connecticut called for concrete steps to be taken following a bombshell report that confirmed racial bias in traffic stops.

The report—the first of its kind in the country—showed that some departments in the Constitution State pulled over minorities at alarming rates.

April 7, 2015