NEW ORLEANS – With international human rights experts sounding the alarm over environmental racism in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, the ACLU of Louisiana is joining other grassroots organizations in opposing proposed construction of a new grain terminal in St. John the Baptist Parish.

NEW ORLEANS – This past January, after a Black man was denied burial at Oaklin Springs Cemetery in Oberlin, LA, the ACLU of Louisiana promptly issued a letter urging the cemetery’s board to revise their governing body’s bylaws and eradicate any “whites only” provision, language, or references.

NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU of Louisiana reiterated its call for systemic reforms to policing in response to a video showing a Baton Rouge police officer restraining a juvenile using a chokehold, a maneuver that has been banned by the Baton Rouge Police Department since 2017. 

NEW ORLEANS – The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana today sued Louisiana State Police (LSP) for the release of public records regarding its use of racist facial recognition technology, after LSP denied requests for the information. 

NEW ORLEANS – In response to a demand letter issued by the ACLU of Louisiana, the St. Tammany Parish School Board has granted two students an exemption to their “dress and grooming” policy, allowing the children to wear ‘Black Lives Matter’ face masks without facing punishment.

Revelations underscore the need for greater transparency, City Council to ban facial recognition

NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU of Louisiana’s Justice Lab and the UCI Irvine Law School Civil Rights Litigation clinic have filed a brief asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a district court’s ruling in favor of East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s deputies.

NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU of Louisiana today demanded a full, independent investigation into the death of Quawan “Bobby” Charles