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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico and the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office reached a settlement last week in a police-profiling case filed by the ACLU on behalf of Federal Agent Sherese Crawford in December, 2017.
The following statement can be attributed to ACLU of New Mexico Legal director Leon Howard.
Today, the City of Sunland Park and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico jointly announced that they had reached a resolution in a police profiling lawsuit filed on behalf of Las Cruces resident Oscar Gutiérrez Sánchez.
On Sunday night, Bernalillo County Sheriff’s deputies shot and killed Elisha Lucero, a 28-year-old woman who appeared to be having a mental health crisis. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico issued a statement in response, calling for transparency and accountability.
Today, the ACLU of New Mexico sent a letter to the Albuquerque Police Oversight Board, questioning the motivation behind the Albuquerque Police Officers’ Association’s (APOA) recent letter calling for the resignation of oversight board member Chelsea Van Deventer.
Newly released lapel footage from May 10 shows Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeremy Barnes tasing a 15-year-old special education student at Española Valley High School for allegedly failing to comply with a search. Peter Simonson responded.