The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and its Philadelphia chapter will join a chorus of supporters today urging Philadelphia City Council to support a strong and well-funded Citizens Police Oversight Commission, or CPOC.

In a case from Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, an attorney from the American Civil Liberties Union argued before the United States Supreme Court today that public school students should have the right to freely express themselves when they are off-campus and away from school activities.

Two community groups filed suit today against the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia, saying that the board’s new policy limiting public comment at meetings violates the state Sunshine Act.

The ACLU-PA and the firm law Kairys Rudovsky Messing Feinberg and Lin filed a motion in federal court asking that the city of Philadelphia be ordered to halt investigative stops for most minor offenses and implement other reforms to address racial disparities in police stop-and-frisk practices.

Police in Muhlenberg Township were called to the home of a man in the midst of a mental health crisis. When the man, who has yet to be identified, refused to drop a knife he was holding, police shot and killed him. 

McKeesport residents and the City Council reached agreement on a “consent order” today, ending a two-month dispute over public access to council meetings.

Last week, the UN Special Rapporteurs issued an official statement condemning the abuses documented in our submission, and today they publicly released their official letter to the city of Philadelphia.

The ACLU of Pennsylvania has filed a lawsuit against the McKeesport City Council to protect residents’ right to public participation in the city council meetings.

An Allegheny County judge is facing a federal constitutional lawsuit filed today by Abolitionist Law Center after the judge’s refusal to allow virtual access to his court proceedings.