Shena Gutierrez won’t take U.S. border officials’ ‘no’ for an answer
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By Alexa Mencia [The story was republished in Truthout as Wife of Use-of-Force Victim Advocates to Hold Border Officials Accountable and on SJNN] Shena Gutierrez’s husband José almost died March 30, 2011. As the leader of a support network for those affected by U.S. border authorities’ use of force, Gutierrez knows her husband was one […]
Proposed law aims to take sting out of police spy-tech
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By Thomas Vogel State lawmakers are working to prevent local law enforcement agencies conducting investigations from violating the privacy of Chicagoans. Any resident using a phone to place a call, send a text message or browse the web may be at risk. “Stingrays,” refer to a broad category of so-called cell site simulator devices, which, […]