[imc-st.louis] Follow-up: ACLU gives video cameras to STL residents to monitor police activity.

[Ben]

>From AP: After a year of delays, the American Civil Liberties Union
chapter in St. Louis is launching a program that will put video cameras
in the hands of St. Louis residents so they can monitor police activity
in their neighborhoods.

Full AP story:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19340005/

ACLU Press Release:
http://www.aclu-em.org/pressroom/2007pressreleases/projectvigilantpressreleas.htm

Slashdot too:
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/22/188214

Locally, this is all we get, with comment that ACLU is an "activist group:"
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/emaf.nsf/Popup?ReadForm&db=stltoday%5Cnews%5Cstories.nsf&docid=FE4B878C3661CEC6862572FA0008E0A8

You can contact the local ACLU here:
American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri
454 Whittier Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63108
Administration: (314) 652-3114
Intake Line: (314) 652-3111
Fax: (314) 652-3112
http://www.aclu-em.org/

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Ben West wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: gina banina <gina.banina at gmail.com>
> Date: Jun 21, 2007 8:49 AM
> Subject: ACLU gives video cameras to STL residents to monitor police activity.
> 
> After a year of delays, the American Civil Liberties Union chapter in
> St. Louis is launching a program that will put video cameras in the
> hands of St. Louis residents so they can monitor police activity in
> their neighborhoods.
> 
> http://www.therolladailynews.com/articles/2007/06/21/state_news/state01.txt
> 
> Perhaps now would be a good time for us to request some as well? For
> the BPW/Gravois Park area?
> 
> Thoughts?
> Gina
> 


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