Feds back ACLU in arguing that taping is necessary to prevent police brutality … – DailyTech

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Feds back ACLU in arguing that taping is necessary to prevent police brutality …
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But a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) forced the department to rethink its procedures — and pay a steep settlement to a citizen whose camera was seized. While the BPD sent a letter to its cops "clarifying" that civilians had the …

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Former Tampa council member John Dingfelder leaving ACLU legal job – Tampabay.com

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Former Tampa council member John Dingfelder leaving ACLU legal job
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Dingfelder, 55, is a former two-term Tampa City Council member who joined the ACLU as senior staff attorney last summer. He is leaving at the end of May for a public defender's job, ACLU executives said, though further details about his plans were not …
Council approves RNC protest zoneMyFox Tampa Bay

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Cops, ACLU clash over GOP bill tracking mobile phones – The Hill (blog)

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Cops, ACLU clash over GOP bill tracking mobile phones
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By Andrew Feinberg – 05/17/12 11:43 AM ET Law enforcement and civil libertarians clashed Thursday over a GOP-backed bill to limit how law enforcement can track individuals using their mobile phones. The Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act, …
To Warrant or Not to Warrant? ACLU, Police Clash Over Cellphone Location DataWired News (blog)

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ACLU, NYT lose FOIA bid for foreign intel report – Thomson Reuters News & Insight

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ACLU, NYT lose FOIA bid for foreign intel report
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For ACLU and the NYT: Alexander Abdo of the ACLU, David McCraw of The New York Times. For the government: Emily Daughtry and John Clopper, Assistant US Attorneys for the Southern District of New York. (Reporting by Basil Katz) The New York Times …

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Forum concludes ACLU discussion – Lakenewsonline.com

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Forum concludes ACLU discussion
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The ACLU filed the lawsuit during the summer of 2011 on behalf of several pro-lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered groups as well as one unnamed high school student who later joined the suit. The suit's claim was that the district violated First …

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Pyrrhic Victory for the ACLU in Texas? – American Thinker (blog)

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Pyrrhic Victory for the ACLU in Texas?
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In Lewisville, Texas, there will be a benediction and invocation at the graduation ceremony on June 3rd this year, but thanks to the ACLU, the program will call them something else. "Our attorneys have made it clear that we can continue to have …

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ACLU sues Hawaii over inmates denied marriage – NECN

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ACLU sues Hawaii over inmates denied marriage
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The ACLU filed the lawsuit in US District Court Tuesday on behalf of four women who submitted multiple marriage applications and weren't allowed to marry their fiancés. Their fiancés are all men incarcerated at Saguaro Correctional Facility, …
ACLU: Hawaii Denied Prisoners Marriage RightsHonolulu Civil Beat
ACLU Hawaii files lawsuit over right to marryHawaii 24/7 (press release)
Women suing State for not being able to marry men in prisonKHON2

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Immigration: ACLU alleges rights violations at detention centers – Los Angeles Times

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Immigration: ACLU alleges rights violations at detention centers
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King, president of the activist group the Dustin Inman Society, added in an interview that the ACLU “is leading the anti-enforcement charge here in Georgia…. Their goal here is to stop any enforcement of US immigration law.
ACLU wants better treatment for detained immigrantsWXIA-TV
ACLU releases study on the state of immigrant detention in GeorgiaCreative Loafing Atlanta
ACLU sues federal immigration agency to halt shackling immigrants in courtSF Public Press
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ACLU program encourages restoration of voting rights for former felons – Luray Page Free Press

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ACLU program encourages restoration of voting rights for former felons
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Taking advantage of recent announcements from the governor that he will expedite restoration applications to enable former felons to vote in the November elections, the ACLU of Virginia has launched a program to encourage and assist individuals with …

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A Prominent Neoconservative Rants Against Drones, Invokes the ACLU – The Atlantic

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A Prominent Neoconservative Rants Against Drones, Invokes the ACLU
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I'm going to go ACLU. I don't want regulations. I don't want restrictions. I want a ban on this. Drones are instruments of war. The Founders had a great aversion to any instruments of war, the use of the military, inside of the United States.
Debate over using drones to monitor American citiesFox News
Would an American Who Shot Down a Surveillance Drone Be Considered a "Hero" by …Slate Magazine (blog)
Surveillance state saps freedomBaltimore Sun

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