When: Thursday, November 7th from 4:30-6 p.m.
Where:Cherry Room
About the Event: New England Law| Boston's NLG and ACLU student groups are hosting a Panel discussion with attorney and activists involved in a case against Boston Regional Intelligence Center.
In a move to compel disclosure of information that has been withheld from the public about the Boston Police Department's expanded surveillance operations, including the scope of its monitoring of political activities, the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts and the National Lawyers Guild of Massachusetts have filed suit on behalf of eight Boston-area political groups and four individual activists, seeking public disclosure of records detailing the BPD's practice of monitoring political organizations and activists.
The suit, filed under the Massachusetts Public Records law, seeks disclosure of BPD records regarding the Department's surveillance and recording of protest activities and assemblies, the monitoring of political groups and activists, as well as records relating to the collection and sharing of information with the Department of Homeland Security and other government agencies.
For more information please visit this ACLU site.