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Watch Now: Pulling Back the Blue Curtain–Police, Privacy, Public Access, FAC at UC Irvine Law School

FAC August 28, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/YkRoutPVNmo”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”WATCH NOW!” main_heading_color=”#080087″ alignment=”left” spacer=”line_only” spacer_position=”bottom” line_height=”5″ main_heading_font_family=”font_family:Raleway|font_call:Raleway|variant:800″ main_heading_font_size=”desktop:24px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:24px;” line_width=”1″ spacer_margin=”margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:800;”] [/ultimate_heading][vc_column_text]On Sept. 16, the First Amendment Coalition and UC Irvine School of Law presented a panel discussion to examine issues of police secrecy and the public’s right to know about law enforcement tactics. Police-involved fatal shootings of black men, long ignored by the media, are now viewed daily by millions via viral videos.  In California the public has virtually NO

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California Supreme Court takes case challenging secrecy of license plate reader data

donal brown July 30, 2015

The California Supreme Court agreed to consider a lawsuit by the EFF and ACLU of Southern California asking for a week’s data of the automated license plate readers collected by Los Angeles Police and Sheriff’s departments. The two groups are also contesting a lower court  finding that license plates scans were records of ongoing investigations exempt from the California Public Records Act. (Electronic Frontier Foundation, July 29, 2015, by Jennifer Lynch) In filing the cases

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Documentary filmmaker sues for answers to government harassment

donal brown July 14, 2015

In the absence of a satisfactory response to her Freedom of Information Act requests, Laura Poitras, a prize-winner documentary filmmaker, is suing the government to find out why they searched, questioned and detained her over 50 times in airports in the U.S. and abroad. The scrutiny began in 2006 while she was working on a documentary on the Iraq war. (The Intercept, July 13, 2015, by Jenna McLaughlin) Poitras won an Academy Award this year

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Watch: FAC & KPCC discussion on law enforcement and transparency:

FAC June 24, 2015

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Appeal made to California Supreme Court for public access to license plate scans

donal brown June 18, 2015

Two California nonprofits are appealing a court decision allowing two law enforcement agencies to withhold data from license plate readers. The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California have sued the Los Angeles police and sheriff’s department for the data to find out more about how law enforcement agencies are using surveillance technology. The departments claim the records are part of investigations and exempt under the California Public Records Act.

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