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The ACLU of Delaware has filed a complaint challenging the City of Wilmington and the Wilmington Police Department for restricting the First Amendment rights of Haneef Salaam, a local community organizer, during a public event earlier this year.
Delaware’s Loitering Statute (11 Del. C. § 1321) and Solicitation Statute (21 Del. C. § 4147) will no longer be enforced, following the ACLU of Delaware’s complaint filed against Attorney General Kathleen Jennings and the City of Wilmington last year.
In response to challenges faced by community organizers last summer, ACLU-DE has successfully petitioned the Riverfront Development Corporation (RDC) to modify policies that blocked the use of one of its public parks for protest activities with a new exemption request form.
The new report released by the Disabilities Law Program of Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (CLASI), shows that Delaware must take steps to end the practice of solitary confinement and ensure all people with mental illness in the state prison system are treated humanely.
The Delaware Voting Rights Coalition (DVRC) is urging voters who cast a ballot early or on Election Day in the September 10, 2024, primary election to be aware of an issue with political parties on some voters’ registrations.
On Friday, August 23 a federal court declined to grant a preliminary injunction that would have ensured eligible incarcerated voters in Delaware would be able to cast a ballot this November.