Press Releases

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Apr 10, 2019

McKeesport Students File Legal Challenge to School District’s Denial of Black Student Union

PITTSBURGH - Eleven students from McKeesport Area High School filed a federal civil rights lawsuit today against the school district for denying the students permission to form a student club called the “Black Student Union.”
Issue Areas: Racial Justice, Student & Youth Rights
Court Cases: McKeesport Black Student Union v. Holtzman
Mar 22, 2019

ACLU-PA Statement on the Verdict in the Antwon Rose Murder Trial

PITTSBURGH – After a jury in Allegheny County this evening found former police officer Michael Rosfeld not guilty for killing teenager Antwon Rose II in East Pittsburgh borough last summer, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania responded with a statement.
Issue Areas: Criminal Justice Reform, Racial Justice, Police Practices
Mar 19, 2019

ACLU-PA Goes Back to Court on Behalf of People Who Are Too Ill to Stand Trial

HARRISBURG - The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania returned to federal court today in a new filing against the state Department of Human Services (DHS), more than three years after first bringing a lawsuit on behalf of people who have been found too mentally ill to stand trial.
Issue Areas: Criminal Justice Reform
Court Cases: J.H. v. Miller (formerly J.H. v. Dallas)