Check out the latest news on ACLU-TN’s efforts to protect and promote civil liberties and civil rights in Tennessee.
Read our statement on the Tennessee House passage of HB 836, which would allow child placing agencies to discriminate against prospective foster and adoptive families based on the agency’s “religious or moral convictions or policies.”
The House's passage of the unconstitutional “fetal cardiac activity bill” has simply moved Tennessee one step closer to a lawsuit.
If the so-called “fetal cardiac activity bill” becomes law, we are prepared to immediately file a lawsuit.
A federal judge has ruled that by engaging in surveillance of the protected political activities of activists, the Memphis police have violated a 1978 court order.
ACLU-TN will honor former State Representative Johnnie R. Turner and advocate Sally Levine with its Lifetime Achievement Award at the organization's 50th anniversary edition of its annual fundraiser, The Constitution Uncorked, on November 29.
On the evening of July 26, a Metro Nashville police officer fatally shot Nashville resident Daniel Hambrick. The 25-year-old officer, Andrew Delke, was white and Hambrick, also 25, was Black. This week, after a night magistrate initially denied the district attorney's request for an arrest warrant, a general sessions judge found probable cause to support a criminal homicide charge against the officer.
ACLU-TN and Fisk University have partnered to present a "Know Your Rights" workshop on Thursday, September 27 in North Nashville. The event will educate students and community members about their rights when interacting with law enforcement.
On the evening of July 26, a Metro Nashville police officer fatally shot Nashville resident Daniel Hambrick. The 25-year-old officer, Andrew Delke, was white and Hambrick, also 25, was Black. This week, the Davidson County District Attorney's Office released footage of the shooting. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is currently investigating.
ACLU-TN Statement on Daniel Hambrick Shooting
ACLU-TN Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in Voter Purge Case
