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07.18.19
ACLU of Ohio to Attorney General Yost: Preserve Ohioans’ Privacy Rights in Thorough Review of Facial Recognition Database
COLUMBUS – Today the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio sent a letter to Attorney General David Yost stating the organization’s support of a review of federal law enforcement access to Ohio’s facial recognition database, while also encouraging the attorney general to examine additional ways Ohioans’ personal information is accessed by the federal government via Read more…
Privacy
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07.15.19
ACLU of Ohio Files Motion for Summary Judgment in Case Alleging Excessive Force by Columbus Police Officers
COLUMBUS – Today, July 15, the ACLU of Ohio filed a motion for summary judgment in the Southern District of Ohio asking the Court to rule that two Columbus Police officers used excessive force against the Plaintiffs Ellen Abdur-Rahim and Harrison Kallner. The officers unconstitutionally pepper sprayed Abdur-Rahim and Kallner at close range on January Read more…
Free Speech, Police Practices
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07.03.19
Judge Blocks Ohio’s Near Total Abortion Ban
CINCINNATI- Today a federal judge temporarily blocked an Ohio law that would have banned abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy, before most women know they are pregnant. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Ohio, and Planned Parenthood brought this lawsuit on behalf of Preterm-Cleveland and other abortion clinics in the Read more…
Women's Rights
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06.27.19
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Gerrymandering Ruling
WASHINGTON — In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court has found that partisan gerrymandering cases are a political question, meaning the doors of the court have been closed to litigants. A federal court recently struck down Ohio’s congressional map in an American Civil Liberties Union challenge, ordering a new map be drawn before the 2020 Read more…
Voting Rights
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06.12.19
Cleveland Must Keep Pushing Toward Police Reform, Distance Itself from Timothy Loehmann and DOJ’s National Public Safety Partnership
CLEVELAND, OH — Today the ACLU of Ohio released a statement urging Cleveland to continue on a path of reform and reject recent developments that would disrupt progress: participation in the DOJ’s National Public Safety Partnership, and the possible reinstatement of Timothy Loehmann, the officer who killed Tamir Rice. “Cleveland must move forward, not backward. Read more…
Police Practices, Racial Justice