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2.8.05
STATEMENT ON WARD CHURCHILL Full Story >
The First Amendment of the U. S. Constitution protects Ward Churchill's right to speak or write his opinions and it protects the rights of his detractors to say they do not like what he wrote or said. The ACLU of Colorado stands firmly for these rights of free speech.
12.2.04
Presenting documentary evidence of FBI political spying, ACLU files FOIA request on behalf of 16 organizations and 10 individuals Full Story >
At a news conference held today at the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado (ACLU), Legal Director Mark Silverstein presented documentary evidence that the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (“JTTF”), contrary to its public statements, has been collecting information about the peaceful protest activities of Colorado residents and the constitutionally-protected activities of law-abiding advocacy groups.
12.2.04
ACLU Launches Nationwide Effort to Expose Illegal FBI Spying on Political and Religious Groups Full Story >
Read the full post at www.aclu.org.
11.30.04
ACLU AND COLORADO DOC SETTLE LAWSUIT CHALLENGING CENSORSHIP PRACTICES Full Story >
The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado (ACLU) announced today the settlement of a lawsuit, filed in 2000 on behalf of a publisher’s association, eight publishers and seven prisoners, that challenged the standards and procedures employed by the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) for censoring books, newspapers, magazines, and political commentary.
10.18.04
FEDERAL APPEALS COURT REINSTATES ACLU CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OVER EL PASO COUNTY JAIL Full Story >
In a ruling announced today, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a class action lawsuit filed in 2002 on behalf of prisoners with serious mental health needs in the El Paso County Jail in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
8.2.04
BOULDER COUNTY ACLU CHAPTER ELECTS OFFICERS, INCLUDING NEW CHAIR AND SPOKESPERSON Full Story >
New officers have been elected by the Boulder County Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Colorado.
4.12.04
ACLU SUES NORTH METRO DRUG TASK FORCE ON BEHALF OF WOMAN FORCED TO STRIP NAKED IN FULL VIEW OF NEIGHBORS Full Story >
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado (ACLU) announced today that it had filed suit Friday against the North Metro Drug Task Force on behalf of a metro-area woman. The suit alleges that Task Force made her strip naked in the parking lot of her condominium in full view of her neighbors and male law enforcement officers and forced her to submit to an unjustified, humiliating, and degrading “decontamination” ritual that had no legitimate purpose whatsoever.
3.16.04
ACLU CHARGES UNNECESSARY FORCE AND TORTURE IN LETTER SUMMARIZING COMPLAINS ABOUT COLORADO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ABUSING TASERS AND STUN GUNS Full Story >
Colorado law enforcement agencies have been using electroshock weapons in an abusive and cruel manner that constitutes unnecessary and unreasonable force and in some cases amounts to outright deliberate torture, ACLU of Colorado Legal Director Mark Silverstein asserted in a letter sent yesterday to the Denver Mayor's Task Force on Police.
3.15.04
ACLU FILES FIRST AMENDMENT SUIT OVER "SECURITY ZONE" AT NATO CONFERENCE Full Story >
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado (ACLU) filed suit today against the City of Colorado Springs, asserting that city officials violated the First Amendment when they denied a request from six peace and justice activists that they be permitted to hold signs on the public sidewalk across from the Broadmoor Hotel for one hour during the NATO conference that was held on October 8-9, 2003.
2.26.04
Citing In-Custody Deaths, ACLU Calls for Policy Change to Limit Use of Tasers Full Story >
Citing an increasing number of in-custody deaths associated with law enforcement use of electroshock weapons, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado (ACLU) called on Denver Police Chief Gerry Whitman today to tighten the Department's use-of-force policy and restrict officers' use of the taser to situations that present a true threat to human life or safety.