ACLU suing Brown University’s police over denied APRA requests from journalists

Updated at 1:07 p.m.

James Bessette

06/02/2025

browngates-1 — THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES Union of Rhode Island Inc. on Monday filed a lawsuit against Brown University's police department over denied Access to Public Records Act requests from two journalists. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc. is suing Brown University’s police department for allegedly violating the state’s Access to Public Records Act after two school journalists’ requests for arrest records were denied. The ACLU on Monday filed the lawsuit in R.I. Superior Court against the university’s public safety department on

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