Winter 2021 Torch
In this issue:
- Failed Inspections, Understaffing, and Big Profits
- Lessons Learned: COVID-19 and Incarceration in New Mexico
- Executive Director's Notes
- 2021 Award Winners
- Brutality in the Borderlands
Publication Listings
Filter Publications
2021 Annual Report
The PDF copy of the 2021 ACLU of New Mexico annual report is attached below.
January 10, 2022
Fact Sheet: The Deadly Trend of Border Patrol Vehicle Pursuits
Vehicle pursuits may make for exciting movie scenes and reality TV, but in real life, police chases are dangerous and often deadly.
January 10, 2022ACLU of New Mexico sends a letter to state legislators on respecting New Mexico Native American tribes in redistricting
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico sent a letter to the New Mexico legislature to ensure that redistricting plans produced during the reapportionment of state election boundaries both comply with state and federal laws that prohibit practices and procedures that discriminate on the
December 8, 2021
Demand Letter to Estancia Mayor Nathan Dial Members of the Estancia Board of Trustees
Today, the ACLU-NM sent a letter to Estancia Mayor Nathan Dial and members of the Estancia Board of Trustees demanding they immediately rescind the town’s rule that requires individuals to be armed in order to attend a council meeting or conduct business in a town building.
November 19, 2021Summer 2021 Torch
In this issue:
- More than just a game
- Tabitha's Story: A journalist fights back after police try to silence her
- Executive director's notes
- Everywhere is the new local
- Medication denied
- Second chance at life