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Hudson County officials sought court order to suppress speech by peaceful demonstrators against the county’s immigration detention contract, and now seek permanent restrictions on protest.
ACLU-NJ Senior Staff Attorney Karen Thompson, a leading civil rights attorney, received the honor of New Jersey Law Journal’s Attorney of the Year award, for her pioneering work to create justice and to confront racial inequity in the law.
George Floyd should be alive today. Instead, he was killed by Minneapolis police on May 25, 2020. His death sparked a year of mourning and protests — and changed the world. More than a year later, there are steps toward justice in policing that we must take, nationwide and in New Jersey.
Advocates remind facilities of obligations under Law Against Discrimination and urge adoption of new policy
Landmark bill makes New Jersey among the first states to bar expansion and renewal of immigration detention