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Civil Liberties Union
For the year leading up to the Convention, undercover NYPD officers illegally infiltrated groups across America and the world, amassing information on plans for peaceful protest and creating political dossiers on innocent individuals. Last month a federal judge barred the NYPD from investigating political activity unless there is some indication of unlawful activity on the part of the individual or organization to be investigated. The NYPD clearly acted outside the law in its pre-RNC surveillance efforts, demonstrating complete disregard for free speech and the right to political dissent.
For over three decades, the NYCLU has been counsel in Handschu v. Special Services Division, the federal litigation challenging NYPD political surveillance. At tomorrow’s press conference, NYCLU attorneys will be joined by Handschu co-counsel and by political activists who were spied upon by the NYPD in the year before the RNC.
Who: Donna Lieberman, Executive Director, NYCLU
Arthur Eisenberg, NYCLU Legal Director, Co-Counsel Handschu v. Special Services Division
Chris Dunn, NYCLU Associate Legal Director
Jethro M. Eisenstein, Co-Counsel Handschu v. Special Services Division
Jennifer Flynn, political activist, monitored by NYPD before RNC
What: Press Conference about Pre-RNC Surveillance by NYPD
Where: New York Civil Liberties Union
125 Board Street, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10004
When: Monday, March 26, 2007
3:00pm