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Fear and trauma: How a Boy Scout’s childhood changed with a police encounter
By Gina Elleby, Deborah Jeon
Between Two Worlds
A Story of Love, Family, and the Impact of Immigration
By Lorena Magdalena Diaz
Get All the Facts on Children’s Due Process Rights
Defend the Childhood Interrogation Protection and Juvenile Justice Reform Acts.
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Defend Kodi Gaines' Rights
No one’s life is ‘collateral damage.’ Qualified immunity for police must be stopped.
On Dec. 4, the Maryland Supreme Court will have an opportunity to address this crisis of impunity when it hears a case in which lower courts radically expanded the reach of qualified immunity to excuse the horrific police shooting of a 5-year-old child amid police gunfire that killed his mother.
By Deborah Jeon
Young Activists Are Building a Sweet Future This October
Teens Launched Youth Justice Action Month to Defend Children’s Rights
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Opinion: ‘The People’s Council’ must allow independent review of police misconduct
As residents of Prince George's Co., the litmus test for whether this new council is genuinely dedicated to the concerns of the people, particularly, the needs of residents from less affluent, over-policed communities, is the passage of a Police Accountability Board bill.
Marylanders Took Action on Lobby Day 2023
ACLU staff and their family members, activists, students, community leaders, and concerned residents from all corners of Maryland came together to meet with their state legislators in Annapolis and advocate for a better Maryland for each other.
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