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'I was struck with multiple blows': inside the secret violence of Homan Square 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 7 1930
Stingray ruling could challenge thousands of Baltimore convictions 1 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 3 1652
Class-Action Suit Challenges US Government's No-Fly List 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 6 1471
Why Are Educators Learning How to Interrogate Their Students? 1 friendly_iconoclast Apr 2016 Apr 2016 4 2039
All agree his sentence was too harsh, but he may still stay locked up forever 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2016 Apr 2016 3 2216
Appeals Court: No stingrays without a warrant, explanation to judge 1 friendly_iconoclast Apr 2016 Apr 2016 2 2140
Complaint: Court Sentences Latinos to Costly English Classes 1 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 2089
Is There Any Governmental Entity 2 speaktruthtopower Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 2123
New Jersey Police Chief on Leave After Email Allegedly Defending Racial Profiling Surfaces 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 2013
Lawmakers say NSA plan to expand sharing data ‘unconstitutional’ 2 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 2076
Ted Cruz proposal to reinstate NYPD's Muslim surveillance met with scorn 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 1837
Report: Bias Evident in Philadelphia Stop-and-Frisk Practice 1 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 3 2048
U.N. torture envoy appeals again for visit to U.S. prisons 2 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 1770
FBI quietly changes its privacy rules for accessing NSA data on Americans 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 1739
Ferguson to weigh accepting U.S. government's police reform plan 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 1788
Justice Department asks judge to revisit NY iPhone case 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 1671
Justice Department Sends Ferguson Warning on Consent Decree 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 3 1737
NYPD is sued for using sound cannons at Eric Garner protest 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 8 1784
Louisiana's public defense system could collapse without renewed cash flow 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 1799
U.N. Commissioner Warns Apple Not to Allow FBI to Access Private Data 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 4 2058
Justice Department to review Minneapolis response to police protests 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 1790
Congress tells FBI that forcing Apple to unlock iPhones is 'a fool's errand' 1 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 1859
NYPD allegedly violated civil rights in wrongful home searches 1 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 3 2024
Texas District Sues to Prevent Release of Clock Details 2 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 2220
Medical failures at US detention centers linked to deaths of eight immigrants 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1844
US border patrol cleared of racially profiling Hispanics in Ohio 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 2302
Former New York county police chief pleads guilty in beating case 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 1909
ACLU plans challenge to ruling finding no First Amendment right to film police 3 farleftlib Feb 2016 Feb 2016 4 4127
Boston Police use of cell phone trackers kept private 0 friendly_iconoclast Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 2236
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 2009

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Solid support for Apple in iPhone encryption fight: poll 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 1572
Eleven years and counting: EFF scores a major victory in its NSA mass surveillance suit 0 friendly_iconoclast Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1863
Is cash bail unconstitutional? Activists sue over system 'favoring the wealthy' 11 Eugene Dec 2015 Feb 2016 8 3288
NYPD tracked citizens’ cellphones 1,000 times since 2008 without warrants 3 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 7 1809
Sheriff Faces Misdemeanor After Dying Inmate Didn't Get Care 1 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 3 1777
Wyoming Trespass Laws Under Fire by Environmentalists, Photographers 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2016 Feb 2016 3 2010
California School to Change Policy After Banning Gay T-Shirt 2 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 2092
Chicago Says It Will Release Police Shooting Videos Quickly 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1543
Federal Monitor Says Changing NYPD Culture a Challenge 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1489
Four men—including a pair of pastors—sue Tacoma police over stingray documents 1 friendly_iconoclast Feb 2016 Feb 2016 3 2003
Immigrants arrested in U.S. raids say were misled on right to counsel 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 1485
What the DOJ Lawsuit Against Ferguson Alleges 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1704
Justice Department presents evidence to grand jury in police choking death of Eric Garner 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 1613
Two UVa Law School graduates to clerk for Supreme Court 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 2185
Groups sue for videos of Minneapolis police killing 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 1513
Ex-Vegas Officer, Department Sued in Body Camera Force Case 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 1804
Iowa High Court to Consider State's Ban on Voting by Felons 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1496
Nina Turner In Cleveland... 0 WillyT Jan 2016 Jan 2016 1 1514
Rights group sues for details of U.S. counter terrorism effort 0 Eugene Jan 2016 Jan 2016 1 1633
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Cartaphelius Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 2181
Homan Square: inquiry into Chicago police 'should also cover facility' 0 Eugene Jan 2016 Jan 2016 3 1694
Federal Charges for Vegas Police Officer in Body-Camera Case 2 Eugene Jan 2016 Jan 2016 2 2023
Chicago police must finally produce stingray records, judge orders 4 friendly_iconoclast Jan 2016 Jan 2016 11 2617
FBI investigating fatal Chicago police shooting of motorist in 2013 0 Eugene Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1672
Police can detain without cause in Buenos Aires, according to a Municipal Supreme Court ruling. 0 forest444 Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1572
NY City Settles Lawsuits Over Muslim Surveillance by Police 0 friendly_iconoclast Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1766
Nebraska routinely holds children in solitary confinement, report finds 0 Eugene Jan 2016 Jan 2016 3 1643
New Survey Finds Majority Who Believe It Is Sometimes Necessary For Government To Sacrifice Freedom… 2 OKIsItJustMe Dec 2015 Dec 2015 3 1850
Latest Battle in War on Christmas Is Texas Nativity Scene Skirmish 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1734
Judge throws out 2000 murder conviction, frees Kansas man after 15 years in prison 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2015 Dec 2015 2 1679

Civil Liberties Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Homan Square hearing listens to testimony on Chicago police practices 0 Eugene Dec 2015 Dec 2015 4 1575
Happy 224th Birthday, Bill of Rights 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2015 Dec 2015 6 2429
ACLU Pushes For More Transparency On No-Fly List 1 Panich52 Dec 2015 Dec 2015 4 1573
The fascinating history of how Jefferson and other Founding Fathers defended Muslim rights 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2015 Dec 2015 3 1623
Happy 290th Birthday, George Mason. Founding Founder, He Conceived the Bill of Rights. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2015 Dec 2015 2 2458
FBI head: terror fight requires open backdoors to encrypted user data 1 Eugene Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 1435
Librarians and privacy advocates ally to condemn cybersecurity bill 1 Eugene Dec 2015 Dec 2015 4 1532
Another Person Charged In Wake Of 2002 Innocence Project Exoneration 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 1441
US attorney general: Homan Square findings are 'extremely important' 0 Eugene Dec 2015 Dec 2015 3 1433
FDR: 1 discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 1698
Tenth Circuit Overturns Sanctions in Voting Rights Case 0 Panich52 Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 1737
Homan Square: Chicago police chief's downfall prompts calls to shutter facility 1 Eugene Dec 2015 Dec 2015 2 1553
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 1659
Your browser history, IP addresses, online purchases etc all up for grabs without a warrant 0 friendly_iconoclast Dec 2015 Dec 2015 2 2132
The Prison-Industrial Complex: Why we need publicly funded elections 1 Alison Hartson Nov 2015 Nov 2015 3 2836
8 Ways the Supreme Court Has Been Destroying American Democracy 3 Panich52 Jun 2015 Nov 2015 4 2261
Marco Rubio lends support to bill that would delay surveillance reform 0 Eugene Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1379
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 2513
Congressman introduces bill to end warrantless Stingray surveillance 0 Eugene Nov 2015 Nov 2015 4 1504
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