Press Releases

Teen Leaders, Local Advocates Launch National Youth Justice Action Month in Baltimore

Speakers highlight the importance of the Child Interrogation Protection Act, amid apparent increasing non-compliance by police.

Court Rules Calvert Sheriff Wrongfully Charged Thousands in Fees for Public Information

In a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Maryland under the Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA), the Baltimore City Circuit Court ruled this week that Calvert County Sheriff Mike Evans acted unlawfully by refusing to release public records about police search practices u
Court Cases: ACLU v. Calvert County

Mayor Scott and Several City Senators Kill Local Control Bill

After more than a decade of advocacy by the people of Baltimore City to restore local control of the Baltimore City Police Department (BPD), we were about to clear the last bureaucratic hurdle during the 2023 session of the Maryland General Assembly, which concluded Monday.
Issue Areas: Police Practices

ACLU Calls on Charles County to Stop April 9 Eviction of Indigenous People, Give Land Back

We call on the Charles County Commission to immediately halt the eviction of the Cedarville Band of Piscataway Indians from their ancestral land. Then, in the long term, they call for the Commission to give back the land.

Circuit Court Decision Finds, Despite Evidence of Chronic Underfunding, Baltimore City Public Schools Receives “Constitutionally Adequate” Funding from State of Maryland

The decision from the Court in the Bradford case, which spans three decades, leaves another generation of schoolchildren in Baltimore City Public Schools without the equitable funding needed for a quality education

Black Voters, Advocates Challenge Election System in Eastern Shore Town Shamefully Marking Bicentennial with Continued All-White Government

Seven Black voters joined today with the Caroline County Branch of the NAACP and the Caucus of African American Leaders to file suit in federal district court in Baltimore under the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Federalsburg Officials Warned: Failure to Fix Discriminatory Election System Will Bring Legal Peril

Federalsburg community members and advocacy organizations wrote to Town leaders to remind them of the legal peril the Town faces if it fails to promptly reform the racially discriminatory at-large election.