EFF to San Francisco Entertainment Commission: Don’t Turn SF into a Police State
April 11, 2011: Eva Galperin for EFF: “The Electronic Frontier Foundation joined civil liberties and privacy groups in criticizing a...
Apr 13, 2011
Berkeley Copwatch Statement of Concern in Glenn County Case
April 12, 2011 Berkeley Copwatch has been following the Glenn County case of the Willows man, Justin Bentley, facing trial for allegedly...
Apr 12, 2011
Berkeley Cops Provoke UC Berkeley Students
On March 3, 2011 there were protests on the UC campus by students concerned about access to public education. Seven or eight students...
Apr 8, 2011
Should Police be Allowed to Use Torture?
[This story refers to the March 17th, 2011 action at the Bible Way Apostolic Church–CW] Let’s be clear. Police often have to use force,...
Apr 8, 2011
Richmond Pastor, Family Arrested after Refusing to Leave Foreclosed Church
By Karl Fischer Contra Costa Times, March 17, 2011 “Activists said Mayor Gayle McLaughlin tried to intercede on behalf of the church,...
Apr 8, 2011
Quick Action Needed to Stop Proposed Berkeley Anti-Sit Ordinance (Commentary)
“The City of Berkeley Chamber of Commerce will be considering whether to push forward as the leader in this fight at its meeting on...
Apr 3, 2011
F.B.I. Casts Wide Net Under Relaxed Rules for Terror Inquiries, Data Show
Charlie Savage for the New York Times (March 26, 2011) When the Mukasey guidelines went into effect in December 2008, they allowed the...
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