06.09.2017 - 12:52 [ Techdirt ]

Black Lives Matter Sues Police Department Over Illegal Surveillance Based On First Amendment Activities

Members of a New York „Black Lives Matter“ group are suing the town of Clarkstown and its police department over illegal surveillance. The plaintiffs allege they were placed under surveillance by the Clarkstown PD‘s Strategic Intelligence Unit (SIU) for a number of reasons, none of which were legal uses of the agency‘s spy wares.