The Boston Police Department raided the second Occupy Boston encampment early this morning. The City of Boston and Boston Police haven't been clear about why they did so, while leaving the other camp at Dewey Square park alone.
In case you missed it, please take a look at the following, important investigative journalism exposing NYPD surveillance of Muslims, for no reason other than the fact that they are Muslims.
In the worst possible idea I've heard this week, Canada's conservative government plans to push through a so-called "Lawful Access" rule that would allow police unrestricted, warrantless access to every bit of data that flows across Canada's internet protocols. Wow.
A coalition has formed to oppose this dangerous measure. And they produced a very good video explaining why. Check it out.
Read our latest Civil Liberties Update and you will learn some new facts to astonish your family and friends.
Police unions have long lobbied successfully to ensure that arrests that do not lead to convictions remain on criminal records, even though the judicial process cleared the accused of charges. That's because police believe that anyone they arrest who isn't convicted somehow gamed the system, or that the system messed up. In other words, the police are never wrong.
