News & Commentary
Body Cameras and the George Floyd Protests
If reform advocates want police in their communities to wear body cameras, they should demand strong policies and institutional practices to make those cameras effective — and protect our privacy.
Protests, Aerial Surveillance, and Police Defunding
Given the role that aerial surveillance has played in the George Floyd and other protests, communities should take a hard look at the benefits and costs of police aerial surveillance programs.
The Untold Number of People Implicated in Crimes They Didn’t Commit Because of Face Recognition
Clare Garvie, Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy and Technology
In J
Wrongfully Arrested Because Face Recognition Can’t Tell Black People Apart
It is now more urgent than ever for our lawmakers to stop law enforcement use of face recognition technology.
Carl Emerson King Should Be Freed Before He Dies from COVID-19
A prison sentence shouldn't be a death sentence.
How is Face Recognition Surveillance Technology Racist?
If police are authorized to deploy invasive face surveillance technologies against our communities, these technologies will unquestionably be used to target Black and Brown people merely for existing.
We Won’t Address Our Mass Incarceration Crisis Until We Rethink Our Approach to “Violent Crime”
Advocacy and litigation strategies have too often reinforced dichotomies between "violent" and "nonviolent" crime. That is a mistake.
Stay Informed
Sign up to be the first to hear about how to take action.
By completing this form, I agree to receive occasional emails per the terms of the ACLU’s privacy statement.
By completing this form, I agree to receive occasional emails per the terms of the ACLU’s privacy statement.