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DA: No Cop Shooting Cases Were Criminal
Albuquerque Nm Journal
Apr 27In the eight years since Bernalillo County District Attorney Kari Brandenburg took office, neither she nor any of her top prosecutors has seen a police shooting case they believed merited criminal charges against the officer.The Albuquerque Police Depa... »
NM ACLU Reacts to Police Shooting Grand Jury Process
Albuquerque Nm Journal
Apr 23Peter Simonson, executive director of the New Mexico affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union, has issued a statement in response to the way Bernalillo County prosecutors present police shooting cases to "investigative grand juries."A story in S... »
Mental Problems Or a Tall Tale?
Albuquerque Nm Journal
Apr 20Her parents say she was never mentally ill.She was 12, however, perilously close to those crazy teen years. She was precocious, clever, gifted and generously, perhaps too generously, in the parents' view, blessed with a vivid imagination.But mentally i... »
ACLU sues City of Roswell on behalf of street preachers
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Apr 13The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the City of Roswell for two local street preachers who repeatedly get arrested for preaching in public. »
ACLU sues over street preacher arrests
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Apr 12The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico is suing the city of Roswell and its police department for repeatedly arresting two local street preachers. »
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National ACLU “Estamos Unidos” Campaign Comes to Las Cruces
New Mexico Freedom Forum
Apr 23National Campaign Comes to Las Cruces, NM on the 26 of April 2012 On the 25th of April, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Arizona’s SB 1070. But we won’t wait for their decision in June. We will join together now to speak up for the rights ... »
“Crossing the Line,” a PBS Investigation of Border Patrol Brutality
New Mexico Freedom Forum
Apr 23The ACLU of New Mexico Regional Center for Border Rights and the Southern Border Communities Coalition has worked to shed light on Border Patrol brutality and rights abuses—including the eight men and boys agents have shot and killed over the past two ... »
ACLU Sues UNM Hospital for Mistreatment of 12-Year-Old Patient
New Mexico Freedom Forum
Apr 20ALBUQUERQUE, NM – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico has filed a lawsuit against the New Mexico Children’s Psychiatric Hospital (NMCPH) for violating LeGina and Todd Thomases right to direct the care and upbringing of their 12-year... »
ACLU of New Mexico to be Featured on PBS ‘Need to Know.’
New Mexico Freedom Forum
Apr 18www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiHvKOlpUb8 In partnership with the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute, Need to Know investigates whether U.S. border agents have been using excessive force in an effort to curb illegal immigration. Eight people have b... »
ACLU Sues Roswell for Violating Christian Preachers’ Right to Free Speech
New Mexico Freedom Forum
Apr 12ROSWELL, NM—Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico filed a lawsuit against the City of Roswell, NM, alleging that police officers repeatedly violated the First Amendment free speech rights of two local street preachers, Joshua a... »