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ACLU of Massachusetts vs. NEMLEC in the News

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  • On Liberty: Newly released SWAT records show failed drug war drives police militarization in Massachusetts

  • Worcester Telegram: Mass. police seek uniform SWAT team standards

  • Lawrence Eagle-Tribune - Regional police agency head: Goal was to settle with ACLU

  • Washington Post: ACLU gets transparency agreement with Mass. SWAT teams

  • Boston.com: A year and a lawsuit later, regional police agency agrees their records are public

  • Boston Globe: Police group agrees to release records after suit by ACLU

  • Boston Herald: Mass. cops’ $13M in military gear concerns critics

  • Brockton Enterprise: Use of military gear by police under scrutiny

  • Melrose Free Press: ACLU sues NEMLEC police group

  • Taunton Daily Gazette: The militarization of policing

  • Lowell Sun: NEMLEC: Why the secrecy?

  • WBUR: Run Amok? Military Tactics And Secrecy In America’s Police Forces

  • MetroWest Daily News: Secrecy and SWAT

  • Lawrence Eagle-Tribune: ACLU challenges secretive regional SWAT team

  • WBUR (Radio Boston): Mass. SWAT Teams Claim Immunity From Open Records Laws

  • Washington Post: Massachusetts SWAT teams claim they’re private corporations, immune from open records laws

  • Boston.com: ACLU Sues Regional Police Group for SWAT Records

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