Save Our Civil Liberties
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The Boston City Council is voting on this issue tonight, so any new signatures to the petition would be welcome, though whether or not the resolution passes the more signatures, the stronger the statement. We're all going to be affected by the "security" measures for the DNC, not least of which the T searches. See the petition site for full details. Essentially, it's a petition in support of a Boston City Council resolution supporting the Consitutional rights of citizens even amidst the DNC security crackdown. Gee, you'd think that wouldn't be so controversial...
From the site:
The resolution is aimed at ensuring that constitutional rights are upheld during the Democratic National Convention in Boston. As a response to the pattern of abuses at large events where national law enforcement agencies have been involved, the resolution calls upon the city to protect several areas of our civil liberties. Specifically, the resolution calls upon the City of Boston to ensure that there are:
* No restrictions on the freedom of movement and the freedom of association
* No unnecessary uses of force and uses of so-called 'less-lethal' weapons
* No uses of surveillance, harassment and intimidation or disruption to meeting places
* No false arrests, pre-emptive arrests or uses of malicious prosecution
* No violations of the rights of arrestees
* No deliberate disinformation given to the Public and Media by police
The Boston City Council is voting on this issue tonight, so any new signatures to the petition would be welcome, though whether or not the resolution passes the more signatures, the stronger the statement. We're all going to be affected by the "security" measures for the DNC, not least of which the T searches. See the petition site for full details. Essentially, it's a petition in support of a Boston City Council resolution supporting the Consitutional rights of citizens even amidst the DNC security crackdown. Gee, you'd think that wouldn't be so controversial...
From the site:
The resolution is aimed at ensuring that constitutional rights are upheld during the Democratic National Convention in Boston. As a response to the pattern of abuses at large events where national law enforcement agencies have been involved, the resolution calls upon the city to protect several areas of our civil liberties. Specifically, the resolution calls upon the City of Boston to ensure that there are:
* No restrictions on the freedom of movement and the freedom of association
* No unnecessary uses of force and uses of so-called 'less-lethal' weapons
* No uses of surveillance, harassment and intimidation or disruption to meeting places
* No false arrests, pre-emptive arrests or uses of malicious prosecution
* No violations of the rights of arrestees
* No deliberate disinformation given to the Public and Media by police
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Date: 2004-07-15 10:04 pm (UTC)No doubt you're doing a lot of very effective things to protect our Civil Liberties, it's just that, for some wacky reason, you completely forgot to post about them here to spread the word to your fellow activists, or otherwise mention them as positive alternatives you would advance as superior appproaches to the one you are criticizing. Surely that is the case, because otherwise you'd just be being a pointless whinger pissing into others' soup to no particular profit. So perhaps you could share with us some of those better ideas you have been working on, with instructions on how to join in on your efforts?