NEW ORLEANS—In a new report, the ACLU of Louisiana and Fund For Guaranteed Income (F4GI) have announced the six-month results of the Truth and Reconciliation (T&R) guaranteed income program, the nation’s first initiative focused specifically on those impacted by police violence.

BATON ROUGE—The American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom from Religion Foundation announced today that they will file suit to challenge a new Louisiana law

LAKE CHARLES— A settlement has been reached between the ACLU of Louisiana’s client, Mr. Talj Howard, a Black teacher and defendants, the City of Jennings, Eduardo Mendoza, a patrolman of the Jennings Police Department, Christopher Bergeaux, a sergeant of the Jennings Police Department

NEW ORLEANS —In its published decision, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the use of a single-shot analysis in police killing cases. The decision binds Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. 

NEW ORLEANS — A jury composed of citizens of the greater New Orleans area has found that a St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy intentionally inflicted emotional distress upon Mr. De'Shaun Johnson, son of Ms. Teliah Perkins, as he filmed the violent arrest of his mother.

NEW ORLEANS—The ACLU of Louisiana has released the following statement in response to several protests and demonstrations that have taken place on New Orleans college campuses and across the city.

SHREVEPORT—A divided panel of three federal court judges today overturned Louisiana’s congressional map that had two majority Black districts.

SHREVEPORT — The ACLU of Louisiana has released the following statement after former DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office (DPSO) Correctional Officer Javarrea Pouncy pled guilty to a federal civil rights violation in the beating of ACLU of Louisiana client, Mr. Jarius Brown.

NEW ORLEANS—A settlement has been reached on behalf of ACLU of Louisiana client, Mr. Cedric Otkins, a teacher who was stopped and had his car searched by St. Charles Parish Sheriff officers at a public park in Destrehan, LA after one of the officers claimed to smell cannabis emitting from the...