Press Releases

Organizations Condemn Police Brutality in Kenosha, Call for Independent Investigation

The ACLU of Wisconsin, All in Wisconsin, Leaders of Kenosha, and Black Leaders Organizing For Communities (BLOC) issued the following joint statement regarding the egregious assault and arrest of an innocent Black man by Kenosha Police.

ACLU of Wisconsin Supports Lawsuit To Overturn Current Unfair Voting Maps

We support the legal challenge to Wisconsin's unfair voting maps, which hopefully brings us one step closer to maps that accurately represent each and every vote in our communities.

ACLU of Wisconsin and Wisconsin ELPH File Lawsuit on Behalf of Students of Color in Greendale

We filed a lawsuit with WisELPH to hold Greendale School District responsible for its commitments to address racial harassment.

ACLU of Wisconsin and Other Organizations Submit Comments Opposing I-94 Freeway Expansion

The ACLU submitted comments opposing the proposed expansion of I-94 due to the negative environmental and racial impacts.

Milwaukee Police Department Continues to Stop and Frisk Black People At a Higher Rate, Report Finds

Four years into a settlement agreement, the latest monitor report shows that the Milwaukee Police Department continues to engage in racially biased stop-and-frisk practices.

ACLU of Wisconsin Praises DPI Decision In Discrimination Case Involving Burlington Area School District Student Athletes

Wisconsin's Department of Public Instruction acknowledged BASD’s failure to address the racism that opposing football team members faced during a Burlington High School football game last fall.

Federal Judge Rules That Case Alleging Milwaukee Police Department Unlawfully Arrested Two After 2016 Protests Will Go to Trial

A federal judge has rejected MPD's motion to dismiss a case brought by 2 Milwaukee residents who asserted that their rights were violated by the police when arrested following peaceful protest and mourning at the memorial site of Sylville Smith in 2016.

ACLU of Wisconsin Commends Court Decision Requiring DPI and Cedarburg School District To Include Complainant in Settlement Negotiations

Judge ruled that the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and Cedarburg School District were wrong to attempt to settle a racial harassment case without the input of the impacted family.