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May 28, 2015
ACLU Announces Settlement on Behalf of Grand Junction Mother Fired for Breastfeeding at Work
DENVER – The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado and the ACLU Women’s Rights Project announced a settlement today with Big League Haircuts on behalf of Ashley Provino, a nursing mother in Grand Junction who was fired from her job in 2013 for asserting her right to pump breast milk at work.
May 21, 2015
Report Shows Denver Sheriff Department is Badly Broken and in Need of Deep, Substantial Reform
May
May 05, 2015
ACLU Will Represent Two Colorado Springs Men Victimized by Racially-Biased Policing
DENVER – The ACLU of Colorado announced today that it will represent Ryan and Benjamin Brown, two African-American men who were pulled over, removed from their vehicle, handcuffed, searched and detained by Colorado Springs police over an apparent cracked windshield. Benjamin Brown, the driver, was ordered by police to exit the vehicle at taser-point, immediately handcuffed, searched, held in the back of a police car, and finally issued a citation for an obstructed view. Ryan Brown, the passenger, who recorded the interaction on his phone, was dragged from the car, held at gunpoint, and now faces a criminal charge for “interfering with official police duties.”“What Ryan and Benjamin Brown experienced at the hands of the Colorado Springs police is sadly all too familiar for young people of color,” said ACLU of Colorado Legal Director Mark Silverstein. “No reasonable person could watch the video recording of the traffic stop and say that two white men would have been treated the same way.”
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