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Apr 10, 2026
Community Advocates and U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda Show Support for Survivors and Demand Accountability and Compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act
HONOLULU, HI – U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda joined community advocates from the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaiʻi (“ACLU of HI”) and Indivisible Hawaiʻi Statewide Network in delivering a message of support to the survivors of the Epstein crimes.
Dec 09, 2011
Bill 54 Signed, ACLU to Monitor Implementation
The ACLU remains very concerned about the measure’s true intent to target Hawaii’s homeless individuals because of their homelessness. The ACLU will monitor how the new law is enforced, including any attempt to use this new law to curtail 1st Amendment rights to free speech and/or assembly.
Oct 27, 2011
ACLU Files Second Brief on Behalf of Traveling Medical Cannabis Patients
The
By acluhawaii
Oct 27, 2011
New Softball Field For Baldwin High School Girls Is On Schedule
Baldwin High School Girls Softball Team, March 2010The Baldwin High School Girls’ Softball Team should be practicing on its new field by the start of the 2012 season – right on schedule! The State has made substantial progress on construction of the new field, which was negotiated as part of a settlement agreement with the State and Mau
By acluhawaii
Oct 17, 2011
9th Circuit Court of Appeals Agrees With ACLU: Taser Use Constitutes "Excessive Force"
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that Maui Police Department officers used excessive force in "Tasing" a woman who had called MPD for help with a domestic dispute. The Court similarly ruled that Seattle police used unconstitutionally excessive force by using a Taser on a pregnant woman whose crime was refusing to sign a speeding ticket. The Court ruled that Tasers constitute "intermediate" force and that Taser use was improper (under the plaintiffs' version of events) because the two women posed no threat to any of the police officers. The ACLU of Hawaii and the ACLU of Washington State submitted two amicus curiae ("friend of the court") letters; the ACLU's letters, and the Court's decision, are below.
By acluhawaii
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