Policing Progress: Findings from a National Survey of LGBTQ+ People’s Experiences, an ACLU research report, documents LGBTQ+ communities’ experiences with police and the disparate treatment they face.
In collaboration with scholars from University of California, Irvine and University of the Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, this research uses a national probability sample to examine differences between LGBTQ+ and non-LGBTQ+ people, as well as within the diverse LGBTQ+ community. Findings reveal that unique intersections of gender, sexuality, race, and socioeconomic status are associated with different experiences with and attitudes toward law enforcement. The report concludes with concrete recommendations for law enforcement and legislatures.
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‘If I Wasn’t Poor, I Wouldn’t Be Unfit’: The Family Separation Crisis in the US Child Welfare System, an ACLU research report produced in collaboration with Human Rights Watch, documents the child welfare’s system’s disproportionate impact on Black and Indigenous families and people living in poverty.
Based on comprehensive research, including interviews with caregivers, staff, and experts; policy analysis; and new analysis of government data, this report details how conditions of poverty, such as a family’s struggle to pay rent or maintain housing, are misconstrued as neglect, and interpreted as evidence of an inability and lack of fitness to parent.
The research found that child welfare systems too often charge parents of neglect and take away their children instead of providing support to keep families together.
In addition to socioeconomic disparities, the report documents racial and ethnic disparities in child welfare system involvement. Black and Indigenous families disproportionately face intrusive child welfare interventions, including investigations and unjust removal of their children. This research not only provides a national perspective, but also includes select data points for each state and a deep dive into California, New York, Oklahoma, and West Virginia.
The report concludes with concrete recommendations for federal, state, and local policymakers and stakeholders to take immediate measures to reduce the harmful impact of child welfare interventions, and to strengthen and support families and communities to prevent child maltreatment, without subjecting them to surveillance and regulation.
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Wednesday, November 23, 2022 - 9:15am
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As the federal judiciary has become increasingly hostile to rights protections, the ACLU has, where appropriate, turned to state courts and invoked state rather than federal claims to advance civil rights and civil liberties. This survey features more than 125 cases, filed within the last five years or so across 24 states and the District of Columbia.
In these cases, the ACLU, in partnership with its state affiliate offices, has advanced arguments, most often in state courts based on state constitutional and statutory civil rights provisions, seeking protections above and beyond what federal law provides. This list is not exhaustive, but it provides a snapshot of the wide range of claims that we have pursued through state constitutional and civil rights litigation.
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