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In Wake of Bell Shooting, NYCLU Protests NYPD Failure to Comply with Racial Profiling Reform Mandated After Diallo Shooting (11/29/2006)
NEW YORK - In light of rekindled debates about race and policing after the Sean Bell shooting, the New York Civil Liberties Union today protested the New York Police Department’s failure to comply with a city law enacted in the aftermath of the 1999 Amadou Diallo police shooting to address concerns about racial profiling.

NYCLU Urges New York City Council to Support Civilian Complaint Review Board and to Reject Increased Surveillance (03/21/2006)
NEW YORK -- In testimony before the New York City Council today, the New York Civil Liberties Union urged Council members to provide the Civilian Complaint Review Board with adequate funding and to hold it accountable for recent lapses in its performance.

ACLU Calls on Denver Officials to Deliver on Promised Police Reform (03/24/2005)
DENVER--The city administration is already failing to deliver on one of its promised reforms in how it deals with incidents in which police officers kill or seriously injure civilians, a spokesperson for the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado said today.

Voters Support Major Police Reform in San Francisco - Proposition H Sets Standard of Police Oversight (11/05/2003)
SAN FRANCISCO -The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California today hailed the passage of Proposition H, making San Francisco the first city in the nation in which every stage of the police complaint process - from the investigation of the complaint to disciplinary decisions - is controlled by civilians.

ACLU of Illinois Sues Justice Department and Homeland Security Officials Over Failure to Release Racial Profiling Data (08/13/2003)
CHICAGO -- Calling on the Bush Administration to make a public showing that it is serious about the promise to fight racial profiling, the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois today asked a federal court to order the release of data that will help the public determine whether federal law enforcement agencies are engaged in racial profiling.

Complaint in ACLU of WA v. City of Seattle (07/03/2003)