BREAKING: @aclu-norcal.bsky.social, Lieff Cabraser, and Tobener Ravenscroft just sued San Francisco landlords over AI-powered surveillance in people's homes.
Our homes are the last refuge of privacy. What happens there is none of your landlord's business.
www.aclunc.org/news/aclu-su...
This decision comes early in the litigation. We still have to proceed to discovery in the case and prove the allegations in the complaint. But it's still a victory (albeit a preliminary one) for free speech on university campuses.
But just because some minor crime happens to be happening during a protest, you can't just shut down the whole thing.
Plus, does the government ever declare an unlawful assembly in a high-rise bank's office because bankers are committing white collar crime, then arrest the secretaries & janitors?
UCLA also said they didn't illegally arrest anyone b/c there was widespread "lodging" (a crime in CA) that justified declaring the Encampment an unlawful assembly. The judge said no.
BTW, an unlawful assembly is used if you can't tell who is committing crimes and who isn't in an unruly crowd.
UCLA defended its decision to end the Encampment because there was violence from "both sides," even though admin told student activists that it was for their own safety. But that's a classic "heckler's veto." If a mob attacks speakers, you can't shut down the speech. You have to shut down the mob!
The case challenged UCLA's decision to dismantle the Palestine Solidarity Encampment, arguing that it violated the plaintiffs' constitutional right to free expression and that the unlawful assembly declaration that caused the arrests of 200+ people at the Encampment was unconstitutional.
BREAKING NEWS: A judge this morning allowed the lawsuit by @aclusocal.bsky.social & Walkup Melodia against the UC Regents on behalf of Palestine solidarity activists from UCLA (2 students and 2 faculty members) to proceed, marking an important preliminary victory for student speech on CA campuses.
If you're going out to protest this weekend and wondering how to protect yourself from digital surveillance, @aclu-norcal.bsky.social has a video for you (featuring, yes, me).
We draw heavily from @eff.org's fantastic Surveillance Self Defense resource, available here: ssd.eff.org/module/atten...
"This decision is further confirmation that the administration's paramilitary invasion of Los Angeles violated the Constitution and caused irreparable injury across the region."
More on our win from this evening: www.aclusocal.org/en/press-rel...
This month, a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) barring federal agents from conducting racist, suspicion-less stops. The order also ordered that immigrants arrested must have access to legal counsel. The federal government then immediately challenged the TRO and appealed.
It doesn't take a federal judge to say what we've all witnessed in front of our eyes this last month.
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NEW lawsuit: Sonoma County is operating a runaway warrantless drone surveillance program that regularly invades residents' privacy, interrupts personal lives, and instills dread in those targeted. This violates the CA Constitution and we're taking the County to court. www.aclunc.org/news/aclu-su...
MUST-WATCH: This is the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil from the perspective of his wife, who is 8 months pregnant.
This is federal agents in plain clothes dragging a man from his home as punishment for his speech.
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GREAT NEWS: Today the court in Santa Barbara granted the motion to quash, adopting reasoning in our amicus brief. The court recognized that, when the government seeks information impacting speech rights, a much higher showing is necessary.
