Jump to navigation Skip navigation
In 2017, Clarice Hardy, then a Nome Police dispatcher, reported to police that she was sexually assaulted in her apartment. The morning after the assault, she learned of a video of the incident circulating on social media.
As America’s oldest watchdog of civil liberties, we find it troubling any time a public official abuses the authority placed with them to silence political views with which they personally disagree. The 1st Amendment makes expressly clear that is not the appropriate role of government.
Today, Mayor Jim Matherly sent the clear message that it is okay to discriminate in Fairbanks by vetoing LGBTQ non-discrimination protections. The mayor has taken this deeply misguided action despite strong support from the Fairbanks City Council.
![ACLU-smartjusticelogo_FNL[1].jpg](https://www.acluak.org/sites/default/files/styles/homepage_carousel_wide_580x304/public/carousel_slide/aclu-smartjusticelogo_fnl1.jpg?itok=AFOHGTdG "Defend Alaska's Justice Reforms That Make Us Safer and the System Fairer")
