From Fresno to Berkeley, federal, state and local agencies have infiltrated or secretly monitored organizations and individuals engaging in political activity protected by the First Amendment, according to an ACLU-NC report on government surveillance. The 35-page report documents the stories of individuals and groups that were targets of government surveillance, analyzes current law enforcement policy, and recommends specific policy reforms to safeguard Californians’ rights to privacy and free speech. Several of the individuals cited in the report; including an elementary school teacher, college students, an insurance salesman and an attorney will speak at the news conference. The speakers are from Fresno, Sacramento, Oakland, and Berkeley.

WHO:

Dorothy Ehrlich, ACLU-NC Executive Director
Mark Schlosberg, ACLU-NC Police Practices Policy Director
Peace Fresno, a non-violent anti-war group
UC Berkeley Stop the War Coalition
Code Pink
ILWU
Former Fresno State Student Leader
Fresno State Faculty Advisor for Student Peace Group

WHEN:

Thursday July 27
10:00 am

ACLU-NC Offices
39 Drumm Street (directly across from the Hyatt Regency at the Embarcadero)
Second Floor
San Francisco