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ACLU Urges Howell to Respect Local Musician's Free Speech
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:August 17, 2010
HOWELL, Mich. –The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan wrote a letter today urging Howell city officials to respect the free speech rights of a local musician and allow him to perform in public.
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ACLU Blasts Flint Proposal to Drug Test All Public Housing Tenants
Mandatory Drug Testing as Condition for Government Assistance is Illegal and Ineffective
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:August 11, 2010
DETROIT— In a letter today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan urged the Flint Housing Commission to reconsider a proposal to require all public subsidized housing tenants to submit to mandatory drug testing without suspicion.
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ACLU Urges Oakland County Cities To Respect Rights of Medical Marijuana Patients
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:July 29, 2010
DETROIT – In a letter today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan urged Bloomfield Hills and Birmingham officials to uphold the rights of medical marijuana patients by clarifying or rescinding city ordinances that violate Michigan’s medical marijuana law.
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ACLU, Detroit Police Settle Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit
DPD Agrees To Implement New Policy With Strong Protections Against Pregnancy Discrimination
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 28, 2010
DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan announced today that it has settled its lawsuit against the Detroit Police Department on behalf of pregnant officers who were automatically forced to go on unpaid leave while pregnant. The settlement was reached one day before the trial was set to begin.
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ACLU Seeks Records About FBI Collection Of Racial And Ethnic Data in Michigan
FBI’s Power To Track And Map “Behaviors” And “Lifestyle Characteristics” Of American Communities Raises Alarm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 27, 2010
DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan today asked the FBI to turn over records related to the agency’s collection and use of race and ethnicity data in local communities. According to a 2008 FBI operations guide, FBI agents have the authority to collect information about and map so-called “ethnic-oriented” businesses, behaviors, lifestyle characteristics and cultural traditions in communities with concentrated ethnic populations. While some racial and ethnic data collection by some agencies might be helpful in lessening discrimination, the FBI’s attempt to collect and map demographic data using race-based criteria for targeting purposes invites unconstitutional racial profiling by law enforcement, says the ACLU.
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ACLU Slams Michigan Supreme Court Decision To Dismiss Public Defense Case
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:July 16, 2010
DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union slammed a Michigan Supreme Court decision today dismissing a lawsuit seeking to fix Michigan’s system for providing defense to poor people in criminal cases just three months after the court unanimously allowed the case to proceed.
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ACLU LGBT Staff Attorney Honored for Creative Leadership in Human Rights
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:July 2, 2010
DETROIT -- The National Education Association will present American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan LGBT Project Staff Attorney with the Virginia Uribe Award for Creative Leadership in Human Rights at its Human and Civil Rights Awards Dinner tonight in New Orleans. The award is presented to a nominee whose activities in human rights significantly impact education and the achievement of equal opportunity for those facing sexual orientation discrimination.
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ACLU Sues Wal-Mart On Behalf Of Cancer Patient Fired For Legally Using Medical Marijuana
Michigan State Law Passed In 2008 Protects Employees Who Use Marijuana To Treat Debilitating Diseases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 29, 2010
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Michigan in partnership with the law firm of Daniel W. Grow, PLLC, filed a lawsuit today against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and the manager of its Battle Creek store for wrongfully firing an employee for using medicinal marijuana in accordance with state law to treat the painful symptoms of an inoperable brain tumor and cancer.
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