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Coalition of Civil Liberties Groups Campaign for Ban on Police Facial Recognition
Date: September 7, 2019 · Category: Stories, SurveillanceLaw and Technology Quickly Converging to Allow Unblinking Aerial Surveillance
Date: September 5, 2019 · Category: Stories, SurveillanceDigital Rights Activist Contributes Eloquent Essay Perfectly Encapsulating Today’s Struggle for Privacy
Date: June 21, 2019 · Category: Stories, SurveillanceSan Francisco Debuts Nation’s First Facial Recognition Regulation with Ban on Government Use
Date: May 28, 2019 · Category: Stories, SurveillanceDHS Fusion Centers with History of Civil Liberties Infringement Tracked Family Separation Protests
Date: May 5, 2019 · Category: Stories, SurveillanceResearch Shows Poor Americans More Severely Harmed By Surveillance
Date: May 1, 2019 · Category: COINTELPRO 2.0, Stories, SurveillanceReport: Justice Department Convenes Forum to Expand Police Use of Drones with Zero Concern for Privacy Implications
Date: February 27, 2019 · Category: Stories, SurveillanceSan Francisco Moves to Prohibit Government Use of Facial Recognition and Limit Surveillance Technology
Date: February 23, 2019 · Category: Stories, SurveillanceBorder Warrant Exemption for Smartphone Search Under New Challenge in Newly Filed Lawsuit
Date: December 27, 2018 · Category: Stories, SurveillanceDaley’s Casual Proposal to Expand Surveillance Would Build on Chicago’s Already Appalling Legacy
Date: December 7, 2018 · Category: Police Accountability, Stories, Surveillance
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
Events
Sat
Sep. 21
CAARPR: 2019 Human Rights Award Dinner
5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Sixth Grace Presbyterian Church
Wed
Oct. 2
UIC: Honoring the Social Justice Career of Prexy Nesbitt
1:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Student Center East, UIC