Tag: ACLU
Military command casts broad net with homeland security operations
A recent article by The Colorado Independent reported that the U.S. Northern Command, a military entity created in 2002 for homeland defense missions and based in Colorado Springs, plans to activate and train an estimated 4,700 service members for specialized domestic operations inside the United States.
Beware ‘bomb-throwing Bolsheviks on bicycles’
Watch out, everyone! Not only could you go to jail for carrying around bags of poop and pee (although really, why would you be doing that anyway?), but now those bikes in the garage and old maps in the glove box could land you a ticket straight to the chain link jungle.
Reports of bikes, maps will go to state intelligence nexus
The Denver Police Department has issued a bulletin asking law enforcement officials to be on the lookout for stockpiles of supplies that could be used by “violent demonstrators” during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) next week, but civil libertarians are criticizing the memo for containing a broad list of innocuous items including bicycles, helmets and maps. Reports of such items will also be recorded and held for an indefinite period of time by a state “fusion” center, a place meant to share reports of “suspicious activities” with local, federal and military officials.
Monster fusion center to coordinate DNC intelligence
The Democratic National Convention will serve as a catalyst for the creation of a temporary "super fusion" center that two local police officials hope will permanently expand domestic intelligence powers in Colorado.
Denver, Secret Service Seek Extension On DNC Lawsuit
Attorneys for the city of Denver and the U.S. Secret Service agency have filed a motion to extend the time they have to respond...
Judge Puts Democratic Convention Lawsuit on ‘Fast-Track’
A U.S. District Court judge has ordered the city of Denver and the Secret Service agency to respond within 10 days to an American...
ACLU Files Suit Against Denver, Secret Service
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Colorado announced the filing of a lawsuit against the City of Denver and the U.S. Secret Service...
New ID Rules Proved No Match for Constitutional, Practical Challenges
Colorado ACLU Director Cathryn Hazouri and immigration lawyer Ann Allott differ sharply on the effectiveness of the Social Security Administration's identity check system in...
ACLU Plans Meeting to Settle Student Cell Phone Seizures
It is public education's version of warrantless wiretaps. Some Colorado school districts have begun seizing student cell phones and copying instant messages from them...
In Englewood, Bureaucrats Try to Define Art, Free Speech
It's been more than three months since Mike Mahaney had to worry about graffiti scarring the sides of his shop on South Broadway. The...