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1. Citizens of Newark pay too much for police misconduct
(Opinion/Commentary)

... exist, but there is no central location, making it difficult for citizens who want to know the actual cost of police misconduct. To uncover the true costs of police misconduct, the ACLU of New Jersey ...

2. Glenn Beck’s influence gets anther gay book pulled in N.J.
(Life/Style)

... Sweet responded with two words: "Child pornography." "We have concerns (over the book's removal)," said Jeanne LoCicero, deputy legal director for the ACLU-NJ. She told the Courier Post "Revolutionary ...

3. Dean Gaymon shooting death prompts authorities to end undercover sex patrols
(N.J./State)

... been nine police-related shootings in the County so far this year, including six that were fatal, Essex County Prosecutor's Office spokesman, Paul Loriquet said. The ACLU said it made the formal request ...

4. N.J. attorney general finds ‘no indication of a conflict’ in Dean Gaymon shooting death
(N.J./State)

... a single shot, hitting Gaymon in the stomach. He died hours later. The Gaymon family has called on the FBI to investigate the shooting. ACLU-NJ executive director Deborah Jacobs called Dow's decision ...

5. Legal group, ACLU accuse FBI of targeting Muslims
(U.S./Nation)

... of America by race demonstrates why transparency is so crucial to a democracy," said Deborah Jacobs, executive director of the ACLU-NJ. An FBI spokesman told CNN the agency has instructed the field offices ...

6. Identity of officer who shot Dean Gaymon reported
(N.J./State)

... to speak to investigators. The ACLU of New Jersey has reportedly submitted a request that the state attorney general conduct an independent investigation into the shooting and gay rights organization, ...

7. Newark police misconduct demonstrates a disturbing pattern and jeopardizes community safety
(Opinion/Commentary)

... ACLU of New Jersey has combed court databases, City Council minutes and other public records to find settlements. We found that since January 2008, nine lawsuits by Newark police officers against the ...

8. History shows that attacks on civil liberties persist through the generations
(Opinion/Commentary)

... American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey stepped in to defend the students' rights to express themselves. The two cases, separated by decades, epitomize this statement by ACLU founder Roger Baldwin: ...

9. Cloud computing at odds with right to privacy
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Act made much more stronger, brought up to date. It's completely out of date," Jay Stanley, privacy expert at the ACLU, stated. Stanley says inconsistencies in the law have made it easier for law enforcement ...

10. ACLU-NJ celebrates 50 years
(Life/Style)

... all. In June, the ACLU-NJ will mark the 50th anniversary of its founding and celebrate its standing as one of the largest and most active affiliates in the nation. Created to counter the growing pressures ...

11. Vacation with a purpose as an eco-volunteer in New Jersey and beyond
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... for more information. Many environmental and conservation groups also offer volunteer vacation opportunities. The Sierra Club (www.sierraclub.org/outings/national/service.aspx), for example, has options ...

12. N.J. parents not uniformly accepting of public school uniform expansion
(N.J./State)

...  Tinik and other parents have contacted the ACLU, maintaining in complains that the Board of Education acted against existing statutes, according to the Asbury Park Press article. She, and others, maintain ...

13. ACLU exploring ban of gay book at N.J. school: ‘Revolutionary Voices’
(N.J./State)

... may be offended," said ACLU-NJ Executive Director Deborah Jacobs. "Decisions to censor literature should only be based on a standard set of neutral criteria unrelated to the political or social themes ...

14. Ordered release of Guantanamo prisoner Mohamedou Ould Salahi sets off firestorm
(World/International)

... last week after undergoing a classification review. Some portions were withheld as classified. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and private attorneys challenged Salahi's detention, arguing that ...

15. Adoptees Birthright Bill
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

It amazes me the NJ-ACLU has chosen on the one hand to champion Open Public Records, and on the other hand to oppose the right of Adult Adoptees to have access to their original birth records. If 95% ...

16. Christie’s budget cuts gamble with fate of women's health
(Opinion/Commentary)

... wrote, "by their ability to control their reproductive lives." The ACLU-NJ has fought for women's control of their lives since it began 50 years ago. We helped establish abortion rights in New Jersey ...

17. Florida ACLU chapter Policy Statement, April 21, 1987
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... each others’ identities. The ACLU believes that so long as state and/or local governments choose to maintain birth records, such records must be maintained and accessible without discrimination by virtue ...

18. ACLU defends anti-abortion student’s free speech
(N.J./State)

... School (Cumberland County) student's right to wear a red armband bearing the word "life." "While the ACLU seeks to ensure that public schools do not impose religious views on students, we just as fervently ...

19. Another drop in the bucket
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... until he gets an ACLU attorney to protect his right to freedom of speech...Nevermind the state's $2 Billion deficit, hey this is your tax dollars money well spent... ...

20. access to information
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... over 150,00 adult adoptees are denied their right to their original, birth certificate, their medical history, their ethnicity and heritage. And the NJ ACLU calls itself a civil rights advocate? Not  ...