Disability Rights Maryland, the ACLU of Maryland, Children’s Rights, and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP filed a lawsuit on behalf of minor children in the State’s foster care system who are given one or more psychotropic medications.

Elected and community leaders held a press conference before a court hearing about the dangerous legal effort made by the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 35 (FOP) in Montgomery County to gut Anton’s Law, which would block the public’s hard-earned access to police misconduct records.

The family of Anton Black and the Coalition for Justice for Anton Black disclose extensive new evidence supporting their misconduct charges against the state, former chief Medical Examiner Dr. David Fowler, and other medical examiners, including evidence of wrongdoing in the death investigation.

The review will be of police-involved deaths during tenure of David Fowler, the former Maryland chief medical examiner who testified in court in defense of Derek Chauvin, who was convicted for the murder of George Floyd.

Side Deal Between FOP, Montgomery County Threatens Public Access to Misconduct Records

After years of advocacy, the Child Interrogation Protection Act passed in 2022 and will go into effect this Saturday.

The ACLU of Maryland is excited to announce our first-ever Deputy Executive Director, Veronica Dunlap, an attorney who brings a strong background in program development and advocacy in legal empowerment for people who have experienced civil rights violations.

Montgomery County Judge Bonifant ruled in favor of a petition put forward by the Maryland State Board of Elections to enable pre-processing of mail-in ballots for the November general elections.