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SPRINGFIELD, MO – The ACLU of Missouri is pleased that a court has agreed to permanently eradicate Springfield’s 2015 discriminatory and unconstitutional ordinance, which made it illegal for women to show any portion of their breasts beneath the areola, but not men.

SPRINGFIELD, MO – The ACLU of Missouri is pleased that a court has agreed to permanently eradicate Springfield’s 2015 discriminatory and unconstitutional ordinance, which made it illegal for women to show any portion of their breasts beneath the areola, but not men.

Board Bill 134 also repeals city’s problematic “unlawful assembly” ordinance

“We are deeply concerned with the reports of excessive use of force by law enforcement officers at a demonstration Friday night in downtown St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS –  The ACLU of Missouri today filed a lawsuit against the city of St. Louis and St. Clair County, Ill., for police misconduct during protests following the killing of Mansur Ball-Bey by a St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officer in 2015.

Today, the ACLU of Missouri asked a federal court to require the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department to immediately adopt protocols to protect the Constitutional rights of those observing, recording or participating in protest activity.

“Based on the evidence we’ve seen, we believe an outside investigation into police treatment of protestors and those engaged in civil disobedience following the Stockley verdict is a step in the right direction,” said Tony Rothert, legal director at the ACLU of Missouri. “In a robust democracy, we must always protect the Constitutional rights of those observing, recording or participating in protest activity.”

Dear County Executive Stenger, Mayor Thomson and Chief Belmar:Em

ST. LOUIS – The ACLU of Missouri filed a lawsuit today against the city of St. Louis for unlawful and unconstitutional actions against people during the Stockley verdict demonstrations of the past week.