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Statewide Teach In: How We End Maryland Collusion with ICE
We ended 287(g). So what’s next?
Join our teach-in to break down the Community Trust Act, why ending ICE collusion protects our neighbors and public safety, and how we keep the pressure on our legislators. We’ll hear from guest speakers and leave space for Q&A, giving you the opportunity to ask your burning questions!
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Opinion: To protect Black lives, Maryland’s new leaders must act swiftly to expose and prevent police-involved deaths
The brutal killing of Tyre Nichols is yet another example of police violence against Black people, and again raises the familiar question: What will it take to end it? In Maryland, let’s start with the truth.
By Sonia Kumar
Checklist of What Your Child Needs to Succeed Academically
As children around Maryland return to schools after winter break, it is our duty to ensure they have everything they need to succeed academically. The State of Maryland’s constitution guarantees that right, after all!
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Opinion: Baltimore County Police subvert Anton’s Law, accountability objectives
New department policy runs counter to law to hold police accountable for use of lethal force
By Lorena Magdalena Diaz
Time to Put an End to the Racist War on Marijuana
Opinion: Running from the police is not a crime
If a Black man runs from the police when they pull into his neighborhood, is that evidence of guilt or a rational act of self-preservation?
By Deborah Jeon
Your Guide to the 2023 Maryland General Assembly Session
By Yanet Amanuel
Opinion – Invest in children, don't criminalize them
Here at the ACLU of Maryland, we wholly embrace and support efforts to help kids be safe, but curfews have repeatedly been shown to be ineffective in making kids safer or less likely to get in trouble.
By Jared Schablein
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