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Davida Gallegos, Senior Communications Strategist
Phone: 505-266-5915 x1003
E-Mail: dgallegos@aclu-nm.org
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico and the ACLU of Texas welcomed the new vehicle pursuit policy announced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Wednesday.
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — News articles earlier this week reported that two men were killed and eight others injured in a rollover crash in Santa Teresa on Sunday, Jan. 8, shortly after a Border Patrol agent initiated a vehicle pursuit.
The AG's investigation concluded Rosenau’s death was “avoidable” and APD and Bernalillo County Sherriff’s Office deputies had opportunities to use “non-lethal” interventions which would have prevented the fire that killed Rosenau.
We filed a lawsuit today along with partners on behalf of unhoused people living in Albuquerque to stop the City of Albuquerque from unlawfully destroying encampments and property, jailing, and fining people.
ACLU-NM on behalf of Disability Rights New Mexico today filed a lawsuit against Corrections Secretary Alisha Tafoya Lucero, NMCD Health Services Administrator Wenscelaus Asonganyi, and NMCD to ensure incarcerated people with OUD are continued on their medication.
APD Forward, a coalition of community organizations and individuals seeking to reform APD, is calling for the prompt release of body camera footage of this shooting so that the driver’s family and the community have a transparent accounting of how a routine police call led to his death.