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Acting Free
CCDBR's innovative program teaching local high school students to develop and write performance pieces on the Bill of Rights.
Daley’s Casual Proposal to Expand Surveillance Would Build on Chicago’s Already Appalling Legacy
Date: December 7, 2018 · Category: Police Accountability, Stories, SurveillanceProposed 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, 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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Jan. 12
CCDBR & LPL: Digital Security Training
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Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights