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Jun 12, 2015
Jun 12, 2015
Mass FOIA Alliance lauds AG's enforcement of public records law
Issue Areas:
Government Transparency
Jun 12, 2015
May 26, 2015
May 26, 2015
Victory! ACLU wins 11-year-old's right to protest without paying for police detail
Imposing the $200-400 fee for peaceful political assembly and speech violates the First Amendment.
May 26, 2015
May 26, 2015
Black Lives Matter demonstrators cleared of disorderly conduct, trespassing charges
Schoolteacher couple successfully fought charges stemming from their arrest after a Boston rally that followed the failure to indict a New York police officer who choked an unarmed Black man to death.
May 26, 2015
Dec 11, 2014
Dec 10, 2014
Dec 10, 2014
REVISED: Judge dismisses criminal complaint against ACLU client who recorded Somerville police encounter
Court had previously charged Wenzday Jane for "interfering with a police officer" after she used her phone to video-record police questioning three teenagers on a playground.
Issue Areas:
Police Accountability
Aug 06, 2014
Aug 03, 2014
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