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Raed Jarrar in his T-shirt.

"We Will Not Be Silent": Lawsuit Against TSA, JetBlue Charges Racial Discrimination and Free Speech Violation
The American Civil Liberties Union and New York Civil Liberties Union have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against JetBlue Airways and a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) official for barring an American resident of Arab descent from boarding his flight until he agreed to cover his T-shirt, which read "We Will Not Be Silent" in English and Arabic script. The passenger, Raed Jarrar, was told that wearing an Arabic shirt to an airport was the equivalent of a "person wearing a T-shirt at a bank stating, 'I am a robber.'" The lawsuit alleges that the TSA official and JetBlue Airways illegally discriminated against Jarrar based solely on the Arabic message on his T-shirt and his ethnicity.
>Full press release
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Complaint Form: Report a race-based traffic or pedestrian stop

Landmark Settlement Reached With Maryland State Police In “Driving While Black” Case
After more than a decade of fighting for justice on behalf of individuals who were racially profiled on Interstate 95 in Maryland, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Maryland, and the law firm of Hogan & Hartson, LLP are pleased to announce that a landmark settlement has been reached today with the Maryland State Police (MSP) to end the “Driving While Black” lawsuit. The agreement provides substantial damages to the individual plaintiffs, a requirement that the MSP retain an independent consultant to assess its progress towards eliminating the practice of racial profiling, and a joint statement by all parties involved in the lawsuit condemning racial profiling and highlighting the importance of taking preventative action against this practice in the future. Learn more >>
> Press Release: Landmark Settlement Reached With Maryland State Police In “Driving While Black” Case (4/2/2008)

	The Trials of Darryl Hunt ACLU Senior Staff Attorney Reggie Shuford talks with Darryl Hunt, left, and Mark Rabil about Darryl Hunt's wrongful conviction. His case brings up questions of cross-racial eyewitness identification, prosecutorial misconduct, inexperienced defense attorneys and racial bias in death penalty cases. Learn more >> MP3 | Podcast
Day of Darryl Hunt's Exoneration Feb 2004

THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST RACIAL PROFILING The Racial Justice Program's Campaign Against Racial Profiling fights law enforcement and private security practices that disproportionately target people of color and Muslims for investigation and enforcement.  We represent individuals who have been victims of racial profiling by airlines, police, and government agencies, and our present work also encompasses major initiatives in public education, including the creation of a film , bustcard , “Know Your Rights” brochure , and fact sheets on Hip Hop Surveillance/Racial Profiling , Consent Search Bans , and Highlights in the Fight Against Racial Profiling . Our advocacy also includes lobbying for the passage of data collection and anti-profiling legislation and litigation of egregious airline and highway profiling cases. More about racial profiling > >

ACLU Calls on Congress to Investigate FBI’s Reported Racial and Ethnic Profiling Plan (07/08/2008)
Washington, DC – In light of tomorrow’s Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Justice, the ACLU urges Congress to investigate the FBI’s reported racial and ethnic profiling plan. Although the guidelines do not require congressional approval, Congress has the authority to stop the Justice Department from finalizing guidelines that will open the door to racial and ethnic profiling of American citizens and legal residents during national security investigations. The Associated Press reported last week that among the factors that could make someone the subject of an investigation are travel to regions of the world known for terrorist activity; access to weapons or military training; and a person’s racial or ethnic background.

Public hearing set for repeal of Minneapolis’s Lurking Ordinance (05/20/2008)
MINNEAPOLIS – A controversial city ordinance may soon be repealed with the help of a number of organizations who claim that the law is used in a manner that is discriminatory towards racial minorities and the homeless.

Racial Profiling Concerns Cause the Minnesota House To Reject Seat Belt Law (04/10/2008)
A House and Senate conference committee brought the 2008 Transportation Policy bill to the House Floor yesterday with a provision that would have allowed police to pull over any car whose occupants were not wearing their seat belts.

American Civil Liberties Union Of Minnesota To Collect Racial Profiling Data (04/10/2008)
Saint Paul, Minn - The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota announced today that it is launching a new complaint collection form on their website to collect racial and immigration profiling data.

Landmark Settlement Reached With Maryland State Police In "Driving While Black" Case (04/02/2008)
BALTIMORE -- After more than a decade of fighting for justice on behalf of individuals who were racially profiled on Interstate 95 in Maryland, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Maryland, and the law firm of Hogan & Hartson, LLP are pleased to announce that a landmark settlement has been reached today with the Maryland State Police (MSP) to end the "Driving While Black" lawsuit. The agreement provides substantial damages to the individual plaintiffs, a requirement that the MSP retain an independent consultant to assess its progress towards eliminating the practice of racial profiling, and a joint statement by all parties involved in the lawsuit condemning racial profiling and highlighting the importance of taking preventative action against this practice in the future.

The Persistence of Racial Profiling in Rhode Island: A Call for Action (01/04/2007)
ACLU of Rhode Island's fourth report examining the problem of racial profiling in the state.

The Persistence of Racial Profiling in Rhode Island: An Update (08/09/2005)

Rhode Island Racial Profiling Report (05/11/2005)

Flawed Enforcement report (05/19/2004)
Flawed Enforcement: Why drug task force highway interdiction violates rights, wastes tax dollars, and fails to limit the availability of drugs in Texas. Report by the ACLU of Texas

Racial Profiling Since 9/11 report (02/26/2004)
Sanctioned Bias: Racial Profiling Since 9/11

Maryland State Conference of NAACP Branches v. Maryland State Police Department - Settlement (04/02/2008)

Maryland State Conference of NAACP Branches v. Maryland State Police Department - Complaint (09/26/2007)

Jarrar v. Harris, etal. - Complaint and Jury Demand (08/09/2007)

ACLU of Northern California FOIA Request for Lodi (06/16/2005)

Settlement Agreement in Arnold v. Arizona Department of Public Safety (02/02/2005)
In August 2006, the court approved settlement of an ACLU lawsuit to end racial profiling on Arizona highways

ACLU Letter to Judiciary Leadership Urging an Inquiry into Reports of FBI Use of Racial Profiling (07/09/2008)
On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union, its hundreds of thousands of members and 53 affiliates nation-wide, we write to express concern about recent reports that the Justice Department will issue new Attorney General Guidelines authorizing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to use racial profiling to open and conduct investigations on Americans, and we urge you to vigorously investigate these reports.

Coalition Letter to the Transportation Security Administration Urging the Auditing of Racial Profiling Abuses (04/04/2008)

The ACLU Urges Members of Congress to Co-Sponsor and Support the End Racial Profiling Act of 2007 (01/16/2008)
On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a non-partisan organization with hundreds of thousands of activists, members and 53 affiliates nationwide, we strongly urge you to co-sponsor the End Racial Profiling Act of 2007 (ERPA). Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Representative John Conyers (D-MI) will introduce ERPA on Wednesday, December 12th and we encourage you to sign on to the bill as an original co-sponsor.

ACLU Letter to Congress Urging Co-Sponsorship and Support of End Racial Profiling Act of 2007 (06/20/2007)

ACLU Letter to Senator Joseph Lieberman Regarding the Detention of Muslim Religious Leaders on November 20, 2006 At the Minneapolis Airport (11/28/2006)

Biographies of Plaintiffs in Maryland State Conference of NAACP Branches v. Maryland State Police Department (04/02/2008)

Joint Statement of the Parties in Maryland State Conference of NAACP Branches v. Maryland State Police Department (04/02/2008)

About the Campaign Against Racial Profiling (03/20/2008)
An explanation of the patterns and practices that constitute racial profiling, who is targeted, and why it's bad policy.

Background: Jena 6 (09/20/2007)

Civic Duty: Special Screening and Discussion (05/07/2007)

NYPD in the Subways (04/11/2008)

Fact Sheet: Jena Six Cases (09/17/2007)
The American Civil Liberties Union has serious concerns about the possibility of racially-motivated unequal treatment in the Jena Six cases, in which six black high school students were charged with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder for fighting with a white student last year in Jena, Louisiana.

ACLU Legislative Priorities for 2007 (03/21/2007)

Hip Hop Surveillance Factsheet (01/01/2007)
Think being rich and famous insulates you from racial profiling? Think again.

Highlights in the Fight Against Racial Profiling (01/01/2007)
A factsheet explaining the inefficacy of racial profiling and ways to combat this discriminatory practice.

Brendlin v. California (03/05/2007)
Reviewing whether a car's passenger can challenge an illegal traffic stop under the Fourth Amendment. DECIDED

"Driving While Black" in Maryland ()
ACLU Lawsuits Against the Maryland State Police