Press Releases

New Filings Detail Disturbing Accounts of Federal Agents Retaliating Against Memphis Residents

Residents describe being surveilled at home, pulled over under false pretenses, boxed in with vehicles, and jailed in retaliation for observing and documenting Memphis Safe Task Force activity

ACLU-TN Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Families, PEN America to Halt Book Bans in Rutherford County Schools

Students, authors and advocates join together to protect freedom of speech and the freedom to learn

Advocates Win Settlement Ending Anti-LGBTQ+ Ordinance in Murfreesboro

Advocates have settled a lawsuit filed against the City of Murfreesboro over its anti-LGBTQ+ ordinance and local policy denying all special event permit requests from the Tennessee Equality Project.

Murfreesboro Officials Amend Anti-LGBTQ+ Ordinance in Response to Advocates’ Lawsuit

Murfreesboro officials quietly amended the city’s anti-LGBTQ+ city ordinance, in response to a lawsuit we filed on Oct. 6. This is a small but necessary step towards bringing Murfreesboro’s harmful ordinance into compliance with the Constitutional guarantees of Free Speech and Equal Protection.