Bio
Solomon Furious Worlds is a staff attorney with the ACLU of Pennsylvania, based in Philadelphia, and focuses on policing, search & seizure issues, protest rights, free speech rights, and obtaining government records. Before that, they represented immigrant children who came to America without an adult in Michigan. Throughout their career, Solomon has advocated/organized in support of LQBTQ+ rights, Black liberation, disability justice, Palestinian liberation, sexual assault survivors, and prison abolition. They graduated from the University of Michigan Law School with a J.D. and earned two bachelor's degrees - in saxophone performance and social psychology - from the University of Iowa.
Featured Work
Injustice happens in a moment. Accountability takes time.
In December of 2020, a McKeesport police officer was shot while in pursuit of a suspect. The suspect was an individual who was well-known to McKeesport police. As they called in reinforcements from other police departments across the county, McKeesport police began an aggressive manhunt that intentionally and unconstitutionally targeted and terrorized Black residents.
EL PROGRAMA DE LA POLICÍA DE FILADELFIA PARA REDUCIR LAS DISPARIDADES RACIALES EN LAS PARADAS DE PEATONES SE EXTIENDE A TODA LA CIUDAD MIENTRAS QUE LA POLÍTICA DE SEGURIDAD PÚBLICA RETROCEDE
Si ha estado siguiendo el trabajo de ACLU Pensilvania en años recientes, puede que haya escuchado sobre nuestro acuerdo en curso con la ciudad de Filadelfia sobre el uso de parar y registrar por parte de los oficiales de la policía.