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NEW ORLEANS—The ACLU of Louisiana sent a letter today to Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, in response to his recent comments on crack cocaine sentencing. Copies of the documents are attached.
Today the ACLU Foundation of Louisiana filed its seventh lawsuit against the Tangipahoa Parish School Board and its members, for once again adopting a policy unlawfully favoring public prayer. This time the issue is prayer at school board meetings.
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NEW ORLEANS - The Second Line Task Force and its President, Tamara Jackson, today obtained an order from the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, forcing the New Orleans Police Department to honor the permit it issued last August for a parade on Lundi Gras day. Relying on t
The ACLU Foundation of Louisiana and Acadia Parish have settled a lawsuit over the conditions in the Acadia Parish jail. On behalf of several prisoners, the ACLU sued Acadia Parish and its Sheriff, Kenneth Goss, because the former jail was filthy, unsanitary, and overcrowded.
NEW ORLEANS - ACLU of Louisiana and the Tulane Law Clinic have jointly sued the New Orleans Police Department, Chief Warren Riley, and several officers for wrongful arrest and suppression of free speech, on behalf of two men who were arrested for filming police interaction with the public.