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Proposed Amendment Would Place Chicago Under Gaze of Colossal Facial Recognition Surveillance Network
Date: October 16, 2018 · Category: Stories, SurveillanceCalifornia Takes Lead in Defending Net Neutrality with Newly Enacted Law Defying FCC
Date: October 2, 2018 · Category: StoriesDefending Rights and Dissent Releases Resources Equipping Activists to Protect Free Speech Rights
Date: October 2, 2018 · Category: StoriesLaw Enforcement Around the Country is Quietly Enlisting the Private Sector to Develop Real-Time Facial Recognition Capability
Date: July 16, 2018 · Category: Stories, Surveillance, UncategorizedAnnouncement: CCDBR to Host Training Session by Local FOIA experts
Date: July 10, 2018 · Category: StoriesIn First Amendment Victory, Federal Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Remaining Trump Inauguration Protesters
Date: July 9, 2018 · Category: StoriesSupreme Court Upholds Warrant Requirement in Landmark Digital Privacy Ruling
Date: June 25, 2018 · Category: Stories, Surveillance, UncategorizedJustice Department Steps Up Assault on Press Freedom with Records Request Into New York Times Journalist
Date: June 23, 2018 · Category: Stories, Surveillance, UncategorizedMore Trump Inauguration Protester Prosecutions Dropped as Judge Rules Government Suppressed Evidence
Date: June 2, 2018 · Category: Police Accountability, StoriesPolice Persecute Black Activist Attacked by White Supremacists
Date: May 31, 2018 · Category: COINTELPRO 2.0, Stories
Invisible Institute Sheds Light on Youth/Police Relations in Chicago
Date: April 22, 2015 · Category: Police Accountability, Police Accountability Videos, Stories, VideosChicago Citizens, Lawyers Gather Outside Mayor Emanuel’s Office to Call for CPD Reforms
Date: March 31, 2015 · Category: Police Accountability, Police Accountability Videos, Prisoners, Prisoners, VideosSolitary Confinement Coming to Federal Supermax Prison at Thomson
Date: March 8, 2015 · Category: Prisoners, Prisoners, Torture, Torture Videos, Videos“Prison labor booms in US as low-cost inmates bring billions” @ Russia Today
Date: December 12, 2012 · Category: Stories, VideosWatch Panels from 12/1 ACLU:ENGAGE Conference Online!
Date: December 6, 2012 · Category: Stories, Videos
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