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Nov 23, 2005

ACLU LAWYERS DEFEND BUS RIDER ARRESTED BY HOMELAND SECURITY FOR DECLINING TO PRODUCE PHOTO ID WHEN HER BUS ROUTE CROSSED THROUGH THE DENVER FEDERAL CENTER

The ACLU of Colorado announced today that its attorneys will defend Deborah Davis, a Denver-area passenger on a public RTD bus who declined to produce ID and was subsequently arrested, handcuffed, and...

Oct 13, 2005

AFTER ACLU LAWSUIT, COLORADO DOC AGREES TO RESTORE JEWISH PRISONER'S KOSHER DIET

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado (ACLU) announced today that the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) had agreed to resume providing kosher meals to Timothy Sheline, a Jewish...

Oct 11, 2005

ACLU SUES COLORADO DOC ON BEHALF OF JEWISH PRISONER WHOSE KOSHER DIET WAS REVOKED FOR ALLEGEDLY PLACING PACKAGES OF BUTTER AND SALAD DRESSING IN HIS POCKET

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado (ACLU) announced today that its attorneys had filed suit against the Colorado Department...

Aug 2, 2005

New documents confirm that FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force treats peaceful protest as potential terrorism

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Colorado released new documents today that it says confirm that the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) is inappropriately treating peaceful protest as...

May 18, 2005

New documents confirm: FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force targets peaceful activists for harassment, political surveillance

The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado released documents today that it says confirm that the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) in Denver is targeting peaceful political activists for...

May 18, 2005

ACLU ASKS DENVER TO WITHDRAW FROM FBI JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE

In a letter sent yesterday to Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and the members of the Denver City Council, the ACLU of Colorado urged Denver to withdraw its detectives from the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task...