Police to videotape protesters
Chicago police are expected to videotape anti-globalization demonstrators today under intelligence-gathering powers they have regained from the courts after a two-decade ban.
Department rules that took effect Oct. 25 also permit officers to pose as members of groups as long as the intelligence-gathering has a legitimate law-enforcement purpose. And the rules let officers surf the Internet to scan groups' Web sites for information about them.
Chilling effect, anyone? How many people will be willing to get videotaped and shoved into police archives to express their opinion?
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Posted on 2002-11-08 23:57:33.0
by matthew@triggerfinger.org
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