Somerville Civil Liberties resolution passes!

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Jake Beal writes,

The Somerville Bill of Rights Defense Committee is proud of announce that our city has become a Civil Liberties Safe Zone.

Tonight, March 11th, the Somerville Board of Aldermen voted unanimously in favor of our resolution (minus clause #5 --- monitoring --- which vanished in committee as a compromise to get the rest passed)

Next step: implementation, and recovery of clause #5.

Here's the ( press release... )

If you live in Somerville, call your alderman and thank them for their support. Politicians need to be thanked when they do the right thing --- it makes them much happier to do it the next time!