Tag: ACLU of Rhode Island
ACLU of Rhode Island files civil suit over Pawtucket fire station search
PAWTUCKET – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc. on Monday filed a federal lawsuit against Pawtucket officials and a city police...
McKee’s eviction order of Statehouse encampment upheld
PROVIDENCE – A R.I. Superior Court judge on Friday ruled in favor of Gov. Daniel J. McKee's order to evict homeless individuals camped outside...
Brown pays $1.2M in Title IX settlement
PROVIDENCE – Brown University on Tuesday agreed to pay nearly $1.2 million in legal fees as part of a June 2020 settlement between the...
ACLU settles medical marijuana discrimination case
PROVIDENCE - The ACLU of Rhode Island on Thursday said it has settled a lawsuit filed in 2014 against Darlington Fabrics Corp. over its...
Former Providence police recruit sues department, claiming race discrimination
PROVIDENCE – The ACLU of Rhode Island on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit charging the Providence Police Department with race discrimination in its treatment...
Raimondo doubles down on tracking New Yorkers
PROVIDENCE - Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Friday doubled down on keeping track of New Yorkers coming into Rhode Island.
In addition to authorizing the...
ACLU challenges state demand letters for food assistance repayment
PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island has filed a federal lawsuit that seeks to prevent the state from issuing demand...
Solitary confinement of mentally ill inmates subject of class-action lawsuit
PROVIDENCE – On behalf of incarcerated Rhode Islanders with mental illnesses, attorneys on Friday filed a class-action lawsuit against the R.I. Department of Corrections...
Mass. recording ban unconstitutional
A journalist, or a citizen with a tape recorder, secretly records the conversation or debate involving an elected official or a police officer, in...
ACLU sues Woonsocket over Sojourner grant denial
WOONSOCKET – The ACLU of Rhode Island is suing the city on behalf of Providence-based Sojourner House over what it claims was an arbitrary...
