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New Thinking Freely Podcast Episode — Taking Back Our Voting Rights from Jim Crow

BALTIMORE, MD – The third episode of Thinking Freely, “Taking Back Our Voting Rights from Jim Crow,” features a powerful discussion about restoring the vote to all of our citizens and realizing the positive impact this could bring to our communities and democracy here in Maryland.

September 27, 2019

Statement on Today’s Police Shooting and Killing of a Black Man in a Disoriented State in Hyattsville, MD

The following is a statement from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Maryland regarding the recent reporting of a Black man killed by officers from Prince George’s County Police Department, Mt. Rainier Police Department, and Hyattsville Police Department.

September 26, 2019

Statement On News Reports Governor Hogan Raising Campaign Funds to Stop Efforts to Equitably Fund Maryland Public Schools

The following is a statement from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Maryland and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) regarding news reports that Governor Larry Hogan is raising campaign funds specifically to thwart efforts to fully fund Maryland public schools, eve

September 20, 2019

ACLU Comment on Baltimore City Decision to Allow Police Abuse Survivors for Speak at Board of Estimates Hearings

“No one should think that Baltimore City’s new invitation to survivors of police abuse to speak to the Board of Estimates when the settlements of their cases are being discussed is an adequate or meaningful substitute for the pending legislation that would end the City’s continuing practice of

September 18, 2019

ACLU statement regarding Baltimore Mayor Young’s Executive Order on Settlement Agreements

"The ACLU and our coalition partners do not support the Executive Order regarding settlement agreements that was issued by Mayor Young’s office.

September 16, 2019

New Thinking Freely Podcast Episode “Let Baltimore Speak: The Fight Against Gag Orders” from the ACLU of Maryland

BALTIMORE, MD – Featuring Tawanda Jones of the “West Wednesday Coalition” and Deborah Jeon of the ACLU of Maryland, discussing the impacts of silencing survivors of police abuse, the second episode of the ACLU’s new

August 23, 2019