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This was a triumph of organizing. Over two City Council hearings, almost 60 people spoke up against ShotSpotter.
Their testimonies capped off years of tireless advocacy from a broad coalition including The Black Response, Digital Fourth, SURJ Boston, Cambridge for Palestine, and Cambridge DSA.
what is the fucking point of an opposition party that acts like this
[email protected] really saw an issue where 9% of Democrats felt FISA should be reauthorized, and 80% thought it should be reformed or repealed, and thought
yeah
that sounds about 50-50
let's not whip Dems now
what harm can Trump really do with FISA powers
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update:
they did
We worked initially with ACLU of Massachusetts, and in the intervening years many dedicated activists joined the effort, culminating in the formation of the Camberville Stop ShotSpotter coalition led by The Black Response and ably assisted by Cambridge DSA and many others.
The final vote was 5 in favor of the policy order to revoke (Al-Zubi, McGovern, Nolan, Siddiqui, Sobrinho-Wheeler), 2 to against (Simmons and Flaherty), with 2 voting present (Azeem and Zusy).
Praise is due to all those who voted in favor!
The Trump administration has been building a system to strip legal permanent residents of their green cards, and now they have a dedicated unit to start pulling the trigger.
Internal data obtained by the New York Times shows this new DHS unit has already reviewed nearly 2,900 cases,
Cambridge City Council voted tonight to revoke authorization for ShotSpotter real-time audio monitoring of poorer areas for gunfire-like sounds.
We started work on this issue in 2016, shortly after the microphones were installed; the amazing Saul Tannenbaum alerted us to the problem.
People have gotten defensive when I dare question #Democrats about the #unconstitutional and #fascist over-reach they naively legislate at local, state, and federal levels
These are UNPRECEDENTED times
We have expectations
The tyrants don't pretend to be our allies
You're acting like frenemies
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