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Jul 14, 2025

ACLU of RI Calls on Attorney General to Release Body Camera Footage of Police Shooting of Pawtucket Resident

In a letter citing a lack of public transparency by the Pawtucket Police Department, the ACLU of Rhode Island today called on Attorney General (AG) Peter Neronha to immediately release all police body worn...

Jul 1, 2025

R.I. Latino Arts Argues in Court that “Gender Ideology” Is Still Unconstitutionally Penalized by National Endowment for the Arts

Group asks court to strike down grant restrictions on various legal grounds

Jul 1, 2025

Settlement Reached in Smithfield School District Social Media Censorship Lawsuit

The ACLU of Rhode Island today announced the favorable settlement of a federal lawsuit that challenged, as a violation of the First Amendment

Jun 30, 2025

RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence Seeks Injunction Against Trump Administration Grant Requirements

Attorneys for the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence (RICADV) and a nationwide group of 16 other state domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions have asked a federal judge to issue a...

Jun 16, 2025

Challenging New Federal Grant Requirements, ACLU Of RI, Lawyers’ Committee for RI and National Organizations Sue on Behalf of RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence, National Coalitions

A nationwide group of 17 state domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions, led by the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence (RICADV), filed a lawsuit today seeking to stop the Trump...

RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence v. Bondi

Jun 13, 2025

ACLU and RWU Law School Clinic Sue Again Over ACI’s Failure to Accommodate an Incarcerated Native Americans' Religious Freedom

The lawsuit argues that RIDOC has refused to accommodate an array of religious practices that Native Americans are routinely allowed to practice in federal and state prisons across the country.

ACLU and RWU Law School Clinic Sue Again Over ACI’s Failure to Accommodate Native American Prisoner’s Religious Freedom