Cambridge passes municipal ban on face surveillance technology
Cambridge joins a growing movement of municipalities banning face surveillance technology.
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Cambridge joins a growing movement of municipalities banning face surveillance technology.
Under what was dubbed the “Migrant Protection Protocols” by the Trump administration, tens of thousands of asylum-seekers have been sent to dangerous cities along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Northampton now joins two other municipalities in Massachusetts—Brookline and Somerville—which passed bans earlier this year.
Despite medical consensus that medication for addiction treatment is the standard care for opioid use disorder, the Massachusetts Department of Correction has a compulsory-withdrawal policy.
Nearly 100 attorneys from all across New England today heeded a call to help detained immigrants secure new, fair bond hearings.
The people of Brookline are standing up in defense of fundamental rights and civil liberties.