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Texas Department of Public Safety Spent Hundreds of Hours Investigating, Finding and Arresting Black Lives Matter Protesters
The Texas Department of Public Safety responded to police brutality protests and public outcry for police accountability…by spending hundreds of hours investigating, finding and arresting the protesters. The Texas Tribune reports that the DPS has arrested more than a dozen protesters said to be involved in unruly demonstrations in Austin as early as May. The…
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NY Black Lives Matter Group Accuses Police of Spying, Targeting Group for Calling Attention to Abuse
A New York Black Lives Matter group has filed a federal lawsuit, claiming that Clarkstown, N.Y., police illegally spied on its members for at least a year, from January through December 2015. According to Mother Jones, the Black Lives Matter Global Network chapter in Rockland County actually filed the lawsuit in August, making some very…
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Judge Orders NYPD to Disclose Surveillance of Black Lives Matter Protesters
A judge has ordered the New York City Police Department to disclose documents and video revealing the surveillance of Black Lives Matter protesters at the city’s Grand Central Terminal in 2014 and 2015. The New York Daily News reports that protester James Logue challenged the NYPD’s denial of a Freedom of Information Act request that…