NEW ORLEANS — The ACLU of Louisiana issued the following statement regarding the Union Parish grand jury’s decision to pursue criminal charges against the four Louisiana State Police troopers and deputy responsible for Ronald Greene's death.

NEW ORLEANS — The ACLU of Louisiana is suing the Louisiana State Police and the East Jefferson Levee District Police Department for killing Mr. Jabari Asante-Chioke – a Black man who was shot 24 times by police officers employed by both agencies.

NEW ORLEANS — On July 26, 2022, the Honorable Wendy B. Vitter of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana denied the bulk of the Motion for Summary Judgment of two St. Tammany’s Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Teliah Perkins.

NEW ORLEANS — The ACLU of Louisiana issued the following statement regarding the New Orleans City Council’s passage of an ordinance that reverses a 2020 ban on the New Orleans Police Department’s (NOPD) use of facial recognition technology.

NEW ORLEANS — One year after the ACLU of Louisiana called for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to launch a pattern-or-practice investigation into misconduct by the Louisiana State Police (LSP), the Justice Department has announced it will launch a civil rights investigation. 

NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU of Louisiana is suing the Jefferson Parish School Board and Sheriff’s Office after police placed a 10-year-old Black student with disabilities in a chokehold, dragged him, and arrested him for having an outburst at school.

NEW ORLEANS — The American Civil Liberties Union today announced strong support of transformational legislation that would hold Louisiana’s police accountable and break the cycle of violence, racism, and corruption that has plagued the state’s law enforcement agencies for decades.

NEW ORLEANS — The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana has filed their second lawsuit against the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office, stating that several deputies racially profiled and unjustly interrogated two Black men in Bogalusa, Louisiana.

NEW ORLEANS – In 2021, ACLU of Louisiana’s Justice Lab campaign collected more than 400 complaints of police misconduct, filed upwards of 30 cases against law enforcement officers, and documented countless stories from survivors and family members impacted by police violence throughout the state.