/tags/aclu-of-nc ACLU of NC en-US Copyright Wed, 26 Jun 2024 18:21:38 GMT /news/2024-06-26/judge-north-carolina-anti-rioting-law-dismisses-aclu-suit A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a civil rights group challenging North Carolina's anti-rioting law, whose criminal penalties were raised last year by state legislators. The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina sued over the law, after the Legislature increased punishments in response to protests against racial injustice and police brutality in 2020. Wed, 26 Jun 2024 18:21:38 GMT /news/2024-06-26/judge-north-carolina-anti-rioting-law-dismisses-aclu-suit Associated Press /news/2023-04-12/aclu-sues-north-carolina-harsher-riot-punishments Supporters of the increased punishments say the legislation is a necessary deterrent. But the ACLU says the law goes overboard in criminalizing people who exercise their rights to free speech and assembly. Wed, 12 Apr 2023 11:23:48 GMT /news/2023-04-12/aclu-sues-north-carolina-harsher-riot-punishments Associated Press /show/the-state-of-things/2020-07-13/first-amendment-rights-challenged-in-alamance-county Protests continue in Graham over the town’s Confederate statue and the local history of racist policing. Over the weekend, the Alamance County seat hosted… Mon, 13 Jul 2020 15:32:35 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-07-13/first-amendment-rights-challenged-in-alamance-county Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /law/2020-07-13/first-amendment-rights-challenged-in-alamance-county Protests continue in Graham over the town’s Confederate statue and the local history of racist policing. Over the weekend, the Alamance County seat hosted… Mon, 13 Jul 2020 15:32:35 GMT /law/2020-07-13/first-amendment-rights-challenged-in-alamance-county Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2020-06-09/nc-prisons-failed-to-protect-inmates-from-covid-19-judge-orders-mass-testing North Carolina has failed to protect inmates from COVID-19, according to a ruling from a Wake County Superior Court judge. The litigation against Gov. Roy… Tue, 09 Jun 2020 15:43:36 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-06-09/nc-prisons-failed-to-protect-inmates-from-covid-19-judge-orders-mass-testing Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /law/2020-06-09/nc-prisons-failed-to-protect-inmates-from-covid-19-judge-orders-mass-testing North Carolina has failed to protect inmates from COVID-19, according to a ruling from a Wake County Superior Court judge. The litigation against Gov. Roy… Tue, 09 Jun 2020 15:43:36 GMT /law/2020-06-09/nc-prisons-failed-to-protect-inmates-from-covid-19-judge-orders-mass-testing Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-02-15/the-unjust-legal-system-that-penalizes-the-poor A brush with the criminal justice system for something as small as a busted tail light or speeding ticket has outlandishly large implications for people… Thu, 15 Feb 2018 17:13:26 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-02-15/the-unjust-legal-system-that-penalizes-the-poor Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio /law/2018-02-15/the-unjust-legal-system-that-penalizes-the-poor A brush with the criminal justice system for something as small as a busted tail light or speeding ticket has outlandishly large implications for people… Thu, 15 Feb 2018 17:13:26 GMT /law/2018-02-15/the-unjust-legal-system-that-penalizes-the-poor Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-01-26/north-carolina-audits-the-list-of-banned-books-in-prisons This week the North Carolina American Civil Liberties Union wrote a letter to state officials asking them to remove “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration… Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:16:19 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-01-26/north-carolina-audits-the-list-of-banned-books-in-prisons Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /law/2018-01-26/north-carolina-audits-the-list-of-banned-books-in-prisons This week the North Carolina American Civil Liberties Union wrote a letter to state officials asking them to remove “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration… Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:16:19 GMT /law/2018-01-26/north-carolina-audits-the-list-of-banned-books-in-prisons Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio