Citing a representative of the court, the Boston Globe is reporting that the Suffolk County District Attorney's subpoena for Twitter account holder information related to Occupy Boston is "part of a pending grand jury investigation."
What do you think would happen to you if you read the Bill of Rights while being screened at the airport? Would you get blank looks? Signs of interest? Arrested?
The ACLU's Catherine Crump and Center for Investigative Reporting's George Schulz were on DemocracyNow! today discussing the militarization of US policing. Watch:
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(Well, it tried: the DA's office asked for the wrong account!)
On the Friday before Christmas (today), CORRECTION: On December 20, 2011, Twitter revealed to the targets that Assistant District Attorney of Suffolk County (Boston) Benjamin Goldberger had subpoenaed their account information in a document dated December 14, 2011. ADA Goldberger asked for:
When Truthout managing editor Jason Leopold filed a request to the FBI asking for records related to law enforcement action around the Occupy movements, the agency told him they had no such records.
On October 31, 2011, Leopold asked the agency for:
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Occupy Boston plaintiffs agree to voluntary dismissal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 21, 2011
BOSTON -- Plaintiffs from Occupy Boston today filed a voluntary dismissal, ending their lawsuit against the City of Boston, Occupy Boston v. City of Boston, et al. The participants in Occupy Boston have decided that continuing to pursue their goals of a more socially and economically just and democratic society may be better accomplished through means other than slow-moving long-term litigation.
