NEW ORLEANS — The City of New Orleans agreed not to infringe on First Amendment rights in so-called “Clean Zones” under a court-approved settlement with the ACLU of Louisiana over the 2018 arrest of an environmental activist during the French Quarter Festival. 

NEW ORLEANS – Amid a reckoning against police violence and racial injustice, 14 law school clinics and 34 law firms have, to date, partnered with the ACLU of Louisiana’s campaign to dismantle racially discriminatory policing practices.

NEW ORLEANS – Civil rights, disability rights, and fair housing advocates today again urged the Louisiana Supreme Court and Attorney General Jeff Landry to provide guidance to Louisiana Judges and Courts on their obligation to provide accommodations for people with disabilities.

The coalition hailed Councilman Jason Williams’ introduction of an ordinance that would ban the use of facial recognition technology by police and increase oversight of the city’s use of surveillance tools.