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Former New York county police chief pleads guilty in beating case 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 1787
ACLU plans challenge to ruling finding no First Amendment right to film police 3 farleftlib Feb 2016 Feb 2016 4 3788
Boston Police use of cell phone trackers kept private 0 friendly_iconoclast Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 2117
On Apple v. the FBI: "(Y)ou can't make a backdoor that only good guys can fit through" 0 friendly_iconoclast Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1876
Solid support for Apple in iPhone encryption fight: poll 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 1453
Eleven years and counting: EFF scores a major victory in its NSA mass surveillance suit 0 friendly_iconoclast Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1719
Is cash bail unconstitutional? Activists sue over system 'favoring the wealthy' 11 Eugene Dec 2015 Feb 2016 8 2828
NYPD tracked citizens’ cellphones 1,000 times since 2008 without warrants 3 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 7 1624
Sheriff Faces Misdemeanor After Dying Inmate Didn't Get Care 1 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 3 1638
Wyoming Trespass Laws Under Fire by Environmentalists, Photographers 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2016 Feb 2016 3 1838
California School to Change Policy After Banning Gay T-Shirt 2 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 1936
Chicago Says It Will Release Police Shooting Videos Quickly 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1404
Federal Monitor Says Changing NYPD Culture a Challenge 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1377
Four men—including a pair of pastors—sue Tacoma police over stingray documents 1 friendly_iconoclast Feb 2016 Feb 2016 3 1822
Immigrants arrested in U.S. raids say were misled on right to counsel 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 1374
What the DOJ Lawsuit Against Ferguson Alleges 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1576
Justice Department presents evidence to grand jury in police choking death of Eric Garner 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 1486
Two UVa Law School graduates to clerk for Supreme Court 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 2062
Groups sue for videos of Minneapolis police killing 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 1398
Ex-Vegas Officer, Department Sued in Body Camera Force Case 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 1685
Iowa High Court to Consider State's Ban on Voting by Felons 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1384
Nina Turner In Cleveland... 0 WillyT Jan 2016 Jan 2016 1 1407
Rights group sues for details of U.S. counter terrorism effort 0 Eugene Jan 2016 Jan 2016 1 1506
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Cartaphelius Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 2035
Homan Square: inquiry into Chicago police 'should also cover facility' 0 Eugene Jan 2016 Jan 2016 3 1566
Federal Charges for Vegas Police Officer in Body-Camera Case 2 Eugene Jan 2016 Jan 2016 2 1883
Chicago police must finally produce stingray records, judge orders 4 friendly_iconoclast Jan 2016 Jan 2016 11 2408
FBI investigating fatal Chicago police shooting of motorist in 2013 0 Eugene Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1560
Police can detain without cause in Buenos Aires, according to a Municipal Supreme Court ruling. 0 forest444 Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1432
NY City Settles Lawsuits Over Muslim Surveillance by Police 0 friendly_iconoclast Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1630

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Nebraska routinely holds children in solitary confinement, report finds 0 Eugene Jan 2016 Jan 2016 3 1521
New Survey Finds Majority Who Believe It Is Sometimes Necessary For Government To Sacrifice Freedom… 2 OKIsItJustMe Dec 2015 Dec 2015 3 1715
Latest Battle in War on Christmas Is Texas Nativity Scene Skirmish 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1590
Judge throws out 2000 murder conviction, frees Kansas man after 15 years in prison 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2015 Dec 2015 2 1538
Homan Square hearing listens to testimony on Chicago police practices 0 Eugene Dec 2015 Dec 2015 4 1444
Happy 224th Birthday, Bill of Rights 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2015 Dec 2015 6 2280
ACLU Pushes For More Transparency On No-Fly List 1 Panich52 Dec 2015 Dec 2015 4 1444
The fascinating history of how Jefferson and other Founding Fathers defended Muslim rights 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2015 Dec 2015 3 1510
Happy 290th Birthday, George Mason. Founding Founder, He Conceived the Bill of Rights. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2015 Dec 2015 2 2273
FBI head: terror fight requires open backdoors to encrypted user data 1 Eugene Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 1306
Librarians and privacy advocates ally to condemn cybersecurity bill 1 Eugene Dec 2015 Dec 2015 4 1404
Another Person Charged In Wake Of 2002 Innocence Project Exoneration 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 1328
US attorney general: Homan Square findings are 'extremely important' 0 Eugene Dec 2015 Dec 2015 3 1313
FDR: 1 discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 1573
Tenth Circuit Overturns Sanctions in Voting Rights Case 0 Panich52 Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 1625
Homan Square: Chicago police chief's downfall prompts calls to shutter facility 1 Eugene Dec 2015 Dec 2015 2 1423
Sixty years ago today, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Ala. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 1495
Your browser history, IP addresses, online purchases etc all up for grabs without a warrant 0 friendly_iconoclast Dec 2015 Dec 2015 2 1995
The Prison-Industrial Complex: Why we need publicly funded elections 1 Alison Hartson Nov 2015 Nov 2015 3 2579
8 Ways the Supreme Court Has Been Destroying American Democracy 3 Panich52 Jun 2015 Nov 2015 4 2060
Marco Rubio lends support to bill that would delay surveillance reform 0 Eugene Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1267
Prosecutor And Cop Lose It Over Idea Of Over Idea Of Needing A Conviction To Take Property 4 friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 Nov 2015 5 2282
Congressman introduces bill to end warrantless Stingray surveillance 0 Eugene Nov 2015 Nov 2015 4 1394
FBI spy planes flew 10 times over Freddie Gray protests: documents 0 Eugene Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 1202
‘Jesus’ chants, jeers greet Satanists during Bremerton football game 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 1991
Neighbors challenge church's rodeo arena 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1694
NYPD Says 'Trust Us' on Potentially Dangerous X-Ray Vans Roaming the Streets of New York. 0 Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2015 Oct 2015 9 1977
Homan Square: federal officials pressed to investigate 'crimes against humanity' 0 Eugene Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 1274
CRITICS NOT SATISFIED WITH DHS CELL CHANGES 1 Panich52 Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 1392
Chicago sued for 'unconstitutional and torturous' Homan Square police abuse 1 Eugene Oct 2015 Oct 2015 14 1669

Civil Liberties Continued...

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DEA bought millions in cell phone trackers and training, payment data shows 3 friendly_iconoclast Oct 2015 Oct 2015 5 1659
Muslim groups can pursue civil rights lawsuit against NYPD, court rules 0 Eugene Oct 2015 Oct 2015 3 1425
Wikileaks release of TPP deal text stokes 'freedom of expression' fears 0 Eugene Oct 2015 Oct 2015 6 1603
In Light of American Surveillance, European Union Legal Decision to Protect Europeans' 2 JDPriestly Oct 2015 Oct 2015 3 1621
FBI resists calls to reform voluntary reporting system for police killings 5 Eugene Sep 2015 Oct 2015 3 1771
Arizona sheriff denies investigating racial profiling case judge 1 Eugene Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 1508
NYPD to require officers to report every time they use force 1 Eugene Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 1770
Proposed Amendment to the Constitution, Ending Class Bias in the Law 2 Al Carroll Sep 2015 Sep 2015 5 2904
Did the head of a religious faction take a gummint helicopter from DC to New York? 9 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 2976
Court hears first arguments in case challenging bulk data collection by NSA 2 Eugene Sep 2015 Sep 2015 7 1713
Religious sign on Marine Corps Base Hawaii draws fire 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2015 Sep 2015 5 1554
SCREW YOU, FEDS! Dozen or more US libraries line up to run Tor exit nodes 1 friendly_iconoclast Sep 2015 Sep 2015 4 1776
Church seeks legal injunction against protesting strippers 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2015 Sep 2015 2 2039
Library’s Tor relay—which had been pulled after Feds noticed—now restored 1 friendly_iconoclast Sep 2015 Sep 2015 5 1775
University of California considering recognizing a “right” to be “free from … expressions of intoler 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 1608
First Library to Support Anonymous Internet Browsing Effort Stops After DHS Email 0 friendly_iconoclast Sep 2015 Sep 2015 6 1747
Kim Davis Is Winning 5 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2015 Sep 2015 1 2176
When does your religion legally excuse you from doing part of your job? 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2015 Sep 2015 3 1993
Alaska state trooper seizes reporter's camera memory card 2 FuzzyRabbit Sep 2015 Sep 2015 10 2748
(Baltimore) 2,000 cases may be overturned because police used secret Stingray surveillance 2 Eugene Sep 2015 Sep 2015 6 2251
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