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Every volunteer has a unique answer to the question, “Why did you join the ACLU?” Some have a special talent or skill, such as legal knowledge. For many others, the decision stems from personal experience.

Less than one-half of one percent of Missouri inmates with a known hep C infection are treated

City laws and policies all but guarantee ongoing police-protestor conflicts

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Guest blog post written by Andy Sun

“Today’s indictment is an important step in addressing the culture that has allowed the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department to consistently behave in an unconstitutional manner. While these officers have been indicted for illegally abusing an undercover officer they mistook for a protestor, there has still been no real accountability for the individual officers who engaged in the same behavior toward protestors. St. Louis officials must address this rampant lawlessness by its police.”-- Tony Rothert, legal director, ACLU of Missouri

ACLU of Missouri has a long and proud history of championing the rights of our LGBTQ communities. The first LGBT rights case was brought by the ACLU in 1936, well before equality was considered a cultural norm. But we don’t fight for cultural norms. We fight for the dignity that the Constitution guarantees to all people – and that puts our organization at the forefront of advocacy for many.

The Missouri Department of Corrections has changed its execution witness-selection procedure policy as part of a settlement following law a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Missouri in 2016 on behalf of BuzzFeed News investigative journalist Chris McDaniel.

Wentzville, Mo. – The city of Wentzville has updated its city code and publicly committed to respect freedom of speech and the separation of church and state in a resolution read aloud tonight as part of a lawsuit settlement agreement with the ACLU of Missouri.