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Scope Of FBI Data Collection Revealed For First Time After Gag Order Removed

December 1, 2015December 1, 2015 Asa J 1379 Views Accountability, administrative subpoena, Calyx Internet Access, cell-site location information, copblock, copblock.org, Doe v. Gonzales, electronic communication records, email addresses, FBI, federal district court, first amendment, free speech, Freedom Act, gag order, IP addresses, Judge Victor Marrero, location tracking device, national security, National Security Letters, Nicholas Merrill, NSL, Patriot Act, Patriot Improvement and Reauthorization Act, postal addresses, San Francisco, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Stasi, Surveillance, surveillance state, web browsing history

Requiring no approval by a judge, so-called “National Security Letters” are a type of administrative subpoena issued by the federal

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One of Four Officers Charged for Assaulting Handcuffed People Pleads Guilty

October 5, 2012January 1, 2014 CopBlock 454 Views David Fein, Donald Cretella, East Haven police, federal district court, Hartford CT, Latinos, Sgt. John Miller, United States attorney for Connecticut, unreasonable force

David Fein, the United States attorney for Connecticut, said. ‘This case reminds us that no one is above the law.”

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Federal judge finds that NYPD wrongfully mass-arrested 700 people

July 12, 2012January 1, 2014 CopBlock 443 Views Big Apple, Brooklyn Bridge, bull horn, constitutional rights, defendants, Ethan I. Solomon, federal district court, federal judge, Jed S Rakoff, lawsus, Manhattan, marches, New York City, nypd, occupy wall street, officers, police, police misconduct, protests, unnecessary violence, wrongful arrests

I know we don’t all agree with the Occupy movement, but I think it’s important to document any and all

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