as lisa stark reports the aclu is offering advice to teen agesser in washington d.c. >> i want to you repeat after me. officer am i free to go? one more time, officer. >> officer. >> am i free to go? >> am i free to go? >> this is not your typical lesson but a critical life lesson. aclu educates teens on what to do if stopped by police. >> you want to sort of let the situation play out. that's the first rule, don't run. if you run or flee from the police what are they going to do? erring this going to be just like okay? they're going to come after you right? >> reporter: in the wake of the deaths of michael brown and eric garner both at the hands of police a conversation that's been under way for years in african mairch american families have taken off added urgency. >> everyone seems like they're cascade of the police. you don't have a good thought like he's here to make sure i'm okay. >> worry about his 16-year-old son. 16 years ago father and son had the talk what to do if ashaun was stopped by police. >> keep my hands in plain sight. and -- >> and don't make sudden movements. >> d

la aclu presentÓ la queja de que 116 menores supuestamente fueron vÍctimas de maltrato. congestionamiento, la comida o la atenciÓn mÉdica y que 16 quejas de abusos fÍsicos no fueron sustanciadas. >> estamos hablando de niÑos, la importancia que el departamento de seguridad nacional estÁ tomando todos los pasos necesarios para asegurarse que sus agentes, sus empleados no estÉn actuando de manera abusiva. >> la patrulla fronteriza declarÓ a univisiÓn que espero de todos sus empleados, los mÁs altos valores de conducta Ética y toma toda alegaciÓn de mala conducta seriamente y si es necesario tomar sin inmediata. no comentan sobre liquidaciÓn pendiente, dijo que en el 2014 empleÓ todos sus recursos para procesar rÁpidamente a decenas de miles de estos menores. >> la aclu afirma que toda agencia a cargo de estos menores de edad tienen la obligaciÓn de reportar cualquier denuncia de abuso aunque haya sido cometido por otro departamento del gobierno. en washington, lourdes, univisiÓn. >> una investigaciÓn del diario los angeles times sobre las condiciones laborales de trabajado

and then there were new clients coming to the aclu office in new jersey with complaints that the aclu had never heard before. one group were pregnant school teachers who were forced out on what was called "maternity leave" which meant you go as soon as you begin to show because after all, the children must not think that their teacher swallowed a watermelon. and then if the school system wants you back they'll call you back. but there was no guarantee right to come back. so women were complaining. the complaint was we are ready willing and able to work. there's no reason why we should be forced out the fourth month. and they thought that maybe the new anti-discrimination laws would be helpful to them. and there were blue-collar women who worked at places that had good health insurance packages. one of those women worked for the lipton tea company. she wanted to get family health insurance and was told that family insurance is available only to a male worker, not to a female worker. so there were those complaints. rutgers itself in those days, the undergraduate school was all male. the

share director hicks the issue that was brought up by a couple of our speakers and the members of the aclu and it sounds like issues around staffing impacting families and businesses and folks in the bayview and then i don't know if i don't know if you want to be responsive about the concern about the dna lab results as well as all of the other things you have to report. >> sure. good evening commissioners and director hicks and the public. first i'll take those in the order that you gave them so i do apologize for any distress caused to miss tillison during her detention the circumstances as i as i understand it was the officers did recognize two suspects that they believed to be wearing clothing during the commission of a burglary i have not seen the the pictures that we took but i have seen the video posted that does show the 2 suspects wearing clothing and did believe he reason to take the pictures and as as far as the crime they were more like how tall are you they were not interrogatory questions regarding the actual elements of any crime that had occurred. i have been briefed on the

aclu we need to see whether it was done right or wrong but at this point we can't comment on it. >> i'm going to schedule this item. i want to to know these questions. >> in the meantime i'll look to see if there's a clarification of any of the trainings involving detentions or working through attorneys miranda and the like which the officers get significant training in. >> okay thank you. >> okay with regard to the presentation on the youth activities i think commissioner marshall asked for this presentation. it's an overriding investment in youth so my question would be to you chief i know that maybe everybody doesn't watch the police commission on wednesday nights and assuming that is to be true, i'd love to hear how the department how we can continue to share with he with folks this information about what the department does on a regular basis it's important for folks to understand. >> i'm happy to post this presentation on our website even since doing this there's 2 or 3 more things that have come about and or will come about in the next 30-days. >> great thank you chief. next

another lawyer in albuquerque decided to work with me so she started that year then in 2009 the acluoint with jonathan who is now a professor but still works with us and then we needed a lawyer to sit with mohamedou during his testimony so i recruited another friend of mine to go sit with him and all of this is pro bono when i would ask harry or linda of course, licet i have a great assignment in there is no money. that is how little started and how we ended up with this. so we asked the lawyer and mauritania who worked with us also. >> our co-counsel is here today also but i want to recognize mohamedou is one of many that have been brought about from the center constitutional rights has done a tremendous job recruiting people to represent the population remember their rover 774 people there at the time and it is heartening to see many of our colleagues in what is referred to with the arch humor to go to this situation from the bar association i am glad to see so many of you here tonight. >> we set up a trust to help him rebuild his life but we have also actually used some of the mon

the aclu did not require being paid. but linda and terry. i said. i have a great assignment for you and by the way there. is no money. so that is how it all started. that is how he ended up with this big team. plus he has the lawyer and the moratania that works with us also. that is how it started in this case. and actually our co-council is here today art spitzer. i also wanted to recognize that his case is one of many that have been brought on behalf of gawne began detainees. and the center of constitutional rights has done a tremendous job recruiting people to represent the population remember there are 774 people there at a time. and it is it cannily heart ending to see many of our colleagues in what is sometimes referred to as dark humor that you would bring to this type of situation that he brings to his own situation as a guantanamo bay bar association. i am really glad to see. so many of you here tonight. proceeds of guantanamo bay diary. where are they going we set up the trust for mohamedo thaw will go on into the trust to help him to rebu

we're learning that the aclu is questioning the program for boys only. in a letter, the aclu says the black female students share many of the same struggls ei male counterparts. a council member requested a legal evaluation of the $20 million program. >>> iadti, e aclu letter shows that studies show that separating boys and girl. s does not improve academic performance. >>> a new report looks at the suspension of elementary school students. the study released bth universitofalorow that elementary children lost 18 million days through suspension between 2011 and 2012. alexandria stood out for its decline in the number of suspended students during that same period down from 16% to 6%. maryland schools suspended 2% of elementary school students. virginia virg % tu e de faiaxlo don reported low suspension numbers. >>> montgomery county father who lost his wife and two children in a plane crash is sharing his story. angie spoke with him. >> he lost most of his family that day. it was a story that touched hearts here and across the nation. and when i sat dowal

in 2009 the aclu joined us.and her team with john and he fits who is now a professor that still works with us and ours spitzer in washington. and then we needed a lawyer to go sit with mohamedou during his testimony. so i recruited another friend of mine linda marino from tampa to go and sit with him. all of this is pro bono. when i asked harry to do it and i asked linda to do it of course the aclu didn't require being paid, but linda and terry i said i have a great assignment for you. by the way, there's no money. so that is how it all started enough how he ended up at this big team. plus he has a lawyer in mauritania who works with us also. that is how it started and one of our cocounsel is here today, ours spitzer. i also wanted to recognize that it is one of many that have been brought with guantÁnamo detainees and it has the nature madness job recruiting people to represent the population. remember there's over 774 people there at the time and it is heartening to see many of our colleagues in what is someti

. >> good evening i'm the legal director of the aclu and i submitted a letter to the commission that i think was distributed to the commission and the police chief. i'm here because to express aclu's concern with what we saw on the video and what we know about the incident last week when the the the police offices were photographing 2 young african-american men and ended up arresting their lawyer who challenged the police and i don't have all of the details and i'm not here to judge the pending criminal charges but it seemed to us that this commission and i hope and the department, share our concern at the site which i think caused a lot of outrage and i'm sure it caused a particular sense of outrage and concern in communities of color, where, as we all know in this country and even in this city young men feel harassed and feel they are being stopped and what we're seeing in the video was 2 young men who had come to court had appeared were up against the wall being photographed by the police and when their lawyer lawyer questioned that they were being photographed without her being p

they have been very active look with of course the aclu. and crr, the center for constitutional rights advocates for all of the guantanamo clients all the time. >> last question. very brief. why do you use the word "redaction" not send you'reship? >> i use censorship a lot. tonight i'm using redaction but it is censorship. >> thank you. >> i don't know if you can answer this question. i just want to know, americans and the world in general we feel like terrorism isn't a thing that doesn't affect it. it's more like it's not this grand active harm against the homeland anymore. and the post 9/11 world. but it's more of a crime that will be committed as if a person was robbed a bank or committed a mull tour. do you welcome if there that culture in a most 9/11 world americans will be more inclined to see guantanamo and other black sites throughout the world the united states runs, closed eventually? do you think the culture of protective americans is -- protecting human rights is emerging in the later years of this decade? >> i love your questio

. >> this is hardly your typical lesson, from the aclu educates teens on what to do if stopped by police >> you want to sort of let the situation play out and stay calm as possible so that's the first rule. don't run. >> reporter: in the wake of the deaths of michael brown and eric garner at the hands of police a conversation for years in african american families have taken on added urgency. >> it is more important now. >> about three years ago father and son had the talk, what to do if hashan was stopped by police. >> keep your hands in plain sight. >> don't make sudden movements. >> golson has asked his son to stay calm, look the officer in the eye don't give police a hard time. >> i just don't want my son to get hurry the or shot or -- to get hurt or shot or injured by the police. so it's a heavy concerned. >> back in the classroom, did he shaun shared some his feelings, if the police stop you on the street. >> i remember my father telling me they don't have a right to search us so i told them no. >> that's your constitutional right according to sadan nundan. >> officer. >> officer.

we're learning that the aclu is questioning that program for boys only.a letter the aclu said the di's black female students share many of the same struggles as their male counter parts. d.c. council mem requ the $20 mi in addition, the sa separating boys no performance. it simply gender stereo typing. >>> a d.c. fire employee is scheduled to appeal in court on charges of steeling gas on the taxpayer's dime. gove fill ups the news 4 i-tea of dollars have be fede country using th gas fo >> gener on the first tan they've been doi little bit. >> tonight on news the i-team takes investigation he. see how agents c guzzlers in the one man that sto qu >>> google takeing steps to give apple pay a rub for its money. la i did dowdy is here with the story. good morning to you. >> hi good morning. google is teaming up with at&t verizon, and t-mobile to get people to use the mobile service instead of apple pay. it will be preind o android phones, currently you to download and install the app. google plans to enhance some of the program's features. >> thank you. >>> we

i'm the parent of an eight grader and the reproductive of the aclu i'm here to focus on sexual health education with the aclu was the sponsor of the 3 bill that become laws and governors the hiv and aids prevention in california since we've passed the law we've insured it's implementation and seen across the state is similar to the compelling presentation scapegoats can have great policies but it is indiscretely extremely an uneven implementation the instruction various from teacher to teacher and it means that students ended up not getting the instruction that the students need as we've heard sex education is important to look at the sex all gender and creates opportunity for the parents to it speak with their students at home wide support for the sex ed in schools 80 percent of parents support of the sex ed in schools but want to talk with their students at home as the a serious challenging subject. >> good evening my name is sophia i'm the vice president of community services and education for planned parent holland hood i'm 2, 3, 4 support of the presentations and developing a str

. >> check out my screen, this is the aclu, they gave a map the government 100-mile border zone, it is all around north south, even the coastal area they are saying about 197 million people live within coastal boards and we have on youtube, you can type in border patrol, and check out all these videos that people have uploaded and we asked our community, if this is necessary, saying it is annoying but useful, the refusersic have a point, unfortunately, it is a blurry one. and another one, being stopped is one thing, being searched is another, many of these cars end up being searched that's when it becomes unconstitutional. now, james, you are from the aclu, is the fourth amendment a santa claus for civil lib beforeties attorneys like you? what is your take? is there a gray area? is this constitutional, and the border patrol have license to do what they are doing? there are a couple of issues. one is whether they are lawful in and of they wants and many people, including federal judges including at least one supreme court justice, have suggested there's no way to reconcile a suspicious

. >>> the head of the aclu in d.c. is calling on the mayor and council to reform tactics used by the police department. at issue is somethingen in as a jump -- something known as a jump out. that's when police dress in nonuniformed and unmarked patrol cars and stop people on the streets. the aclu says that leads to lack of trust and lack of documentation where officers are often not held accountable for their actions. >> the d.c. council and mayor must step in and act swiftly to assign the district policing practice with national best standards. >> yesterday a federal jury cleared d.c. police of any liability in the police shooting death of 18-year-old rafael briscoe in 2011. the family said that shooting involved a police jumpout, but the jury rejected the family's claim of excessive force and negligence. >>> an armed robbery suspect is dead after a wild scene with bullets flying in the you know street area overnight. police say -- in the u street area overnight. police say the man tried to rob two different people in

murayor's -- the aclu is questioning the program. the district's black female students share many of the same struggles as their male counter parts. d.c. cem requested a legal evaluation of the $20 million program. in addition the aclu letter says studies show that separating boys and girls does not improve academic performance. it simply increases gender st th initiative is one of the number of topics we expect the mayor to talk about this morning. she's hosting a breakfast for the d.c. council. another main topic is marijuana. the mayor and other leaders are scrambling to classify if i the new law before it goes into effect friday morning. news 4 tom sherwood broke down the law and many questions you may have about it. you can see the story on your nbc washington app. >>> today you have another chance to weigh in on possible price hikes. a proposed 4% fare increase and $2 increase to the amtrak step up ticket. there's a public hearing tonight 7:00. or you can e-mail your thoughts up until march 6th. we're working to put information

someone like her an aclu feminist, would be the likely pick of any democratic president. a regression. and i think there's stats that back that up in terms of how much you define what's an acceptable liberal nominee for the court. >> let's listen to what she said how things have changed for her in terms of deliberations on the court. and there's a little bit of sexist stuff there when she started. >> in 2009 you said that sometimes you're in the room with your fellow justices, and you say something and no one listens, and then you say it again. do you still experience sexism? >> yes. less than i wanted to. it happened all the time. i would say something and there was no response. and then a man would say the same thing and people would say, good idea. that happens much less today. >> and jill i get it that she's speaking for millions of women out there. >> i think a lot of us have experienced that. and i was impressed that she went on the record and said that. like irin talked to a lot of women about sexism. and a lot of women are hisesitant to say they experience it now.