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.

Immigrants detained at Torrance County Detention Facility in New Mexico issued an open letter and announced a hunger strike to protest dangerous conditions and mistreatment by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and its private prison operator CoreCivic.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico and Innovation Law Lab today released more than a hundred pages of documents, obtained through public records requests and litigation, show dangerous conditions and understaffing at the TCDF are much more pervasive than previously revealed.

The ACLU of New Mexico is calling for the immediate release of body camera footage of the fatal police encounter that led to the death of 27-year old Keshawn Thomas.