ACLU of Oklahoma files open records request for info on OKC Public School...
OKLAHOMA CITY – The ACLU of Oklahoma filed today an open records request seeking information on the Oklahoma City Public School proposal to close six district schools. The following is attributable to...
View ArticleACLU Commends Oklahoma Supreme Court for Rejecting Attempted Rewrite of SQ...
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Supreme Court rejected former Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s rewrite of medical marijuana State Question 788. The following is attributable to Ryan Kiesel, ACLU of...
View ArticleACLU of Oklahoma Requests OK County Sheriff Candidates’ Policy Positions
OKLAHOMA CITY – The ACLU of Oklahoma today sent questionnaires to the candidates for Oklahoma County Sheriff requesting policy positions on a range of subjects. The ACLU of Oklahoma does not endorse...
View ArticleProsecutors Need SQ 780 Whether They Know it or Not
The senseless murder of Tecumseh Police Officer Justin Terney leaves us grieving and asking why. Why, in a state whose budget is dominated by corrections spending, is it possible that, despite multiple...
View ArticleACLU of Oklahoma and Freedom Oklahoma Respond to Dangerous Anti-LGBTQ Message...
Please attribute the following to Ryan Kiesel, Executive Director at ACLU of Oklahoma: Today, on HIV/AIDS awareness day, we have received reports that Legislative Pages are being allowed access to...
View ArticleACLU of Oklahoma’s Response to Speaker McCall’s Statement on Anti-Trans Email
The following statement is attributable to Ryan Kiesel, Executive Director: “We welcome the Speaker’s prompt response to this matter. Speaker McCall’s statement is reassuring to all Oklahomans but...
View ArticleLegislature Continues Push for 10 Commandments Monument on Capitol Grounds
The Legislature is at it again. Today, HB 2177, which has already sailed through the House of Representatives, passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. This bill is nothing more than an attempt to...
View ArticleOklahoma’s Policy Makers Demonstrate Elementary Understanding of Drugs and...
This week a spokesperson for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (OBNDD), Mark Woodard, made a series of outrageous claims in conversation with The Edmond Sun that marijuana...
View ArticleACLU of Oklahoma Seeks Staff Attorney
The American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma Foundation (ACLU-OK) seeks applicants for a full-time Staff Attorney to work in our office in Oklahoma City. The ACLU of Oklahoma Foundation, an...
View ArticleACLU Applauds Death Penalty Review Commission Findings, Urges State to Adopt...
Today, the Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission released their findings and recommendations on Oklahoma’s capital punishment system. The ACLU of Oklahoma applauds this courageous report and urges...
View ArticleACLU Responds to Not Guilty Verdict in Norman Glass Pipe Case with Open...
In response to the news that the owner and the manager of The Friendly Market, Robert Cox and Stephen Tyler Holman, have been acquitted of all charges regarding the sale of legal glass pipes out of...
View ArticleACLU of Oklahoma Response to Legislative Threats to Deport Oklahoma Students
OKLAHOMA CITY: In response to the Republican Platform Caucus proposal to threaten 82,000 children with deportation, the ACLU of Oklahoma issued the following statement: The following is attributable to...
View ArticleACLU of Oklahoma Calls for Immediate Action in Addressing Tulsa Police...
OKLAHOMA CITY– In the wake of the Betty Shelby trial, which revealed serious incidents of misconduct by multiple members of the Tulsa Police Department (TPD), as well as the news that Officer Shelby...
View ArticleOklahoma House’s Shameful Scuttling of Criminal Justice Reform Measures
OKLAHOMA CITY–Blame for the Oklahoma House’s shameful last-minute scuttling of monumental criminal justice reform measures with overwhelming bipartisan support falls squarely on House leadership....
View ArticleACLU Calls for Independent Investigation Into Latest Tulsa Police Department,...
OKLAHOMA CITY–In response to the announcement that the Tulsa Police Department and the Tulsa County Sheriff’s office will lead their own investigations into the killing their officers committed on June...
View ArticleACLU of Oklahoma Applauds Dropped Prosecution, Calls for Substantial Next Steps
The following statement is attributable to Ryan Kiesel, Executive Director: “We’re pleased to see reports that District Attorney Greg Mashburn has dropped the remaining charges in his ridiculous...
View ArticleACLU of Oklahoma Releases Wheel of Injustice Video in Response to Sheriff’s...
Today the ACLU of Oklahoma released the first of a seven part video series showcasing the human rights catastrophe within the Oklahoma County jail. The series is inspired by this week’s “Wheel of...
View ArticleTussle Offers Little Hope for Change from Sheriff’s Office
by ACLU Staffers: Candace Liger, Amy Gioletti, and Nicole McAfee If the “Tussle at the Tower,” the final debate between candidates for Oklahoma County Sheriff, taught us anything, it’s that desperately...
View ArticleACLU Responds to Record-setting Rise in DOC Population
In response to the announcement that the number of people in Oklahoma’s corrections system has reached an all time high of over 63,000, the ACLU of Oklahoma released the following statement: The...
View ArticleACLU of Oklahoma Calls for End to Religious Proselytizing by Oklahoma Police...
In response to multiple violations of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment from the Mounds Police Department on the official department Facebook page, the ACLU of Oklahoma released the...
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