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Boston Police spy on peaceful, First Amendment-protected activity–but why?

Posted by admin on 26 October 2012, 1:06 pm

By Christopher Ott, communications director, ACLU of Massachusetts Why are Boston police spying on peaceful First Amendment activity? That’s a question being asked by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Massachusetts, the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Massachusetts chapter, and others following revelations that Boston Police have been creating criminal “intelligence reports” on peace groups [...]

Filed under First Amendment, free-speech, Massachusetts, Uncategorized. Tagged American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights, Boston Police Department, Boston Regional Intelligence Center, CodePink, Commonwealth Fusion Center, Greater Boston Stop the Wars Coalition, Howard Zinn, National Lawyers Guild Massachusetts chapter, Political Research Associates, United for Justice with Peace, Veterans for Peace

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