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Wouldn’t this just be a regular lawsuit? Why do you need the ACLU?
by mrfusion 6y ago
Wouldn’t this just be a regular lawsuit? Why do you need the ACLU?
- dangus 6y agoThis...is a regular lawsuit? This is why people donate to the ACLU. So that they can do the extensive work, pay lawyers, etc.
- mrfusion 6y agoI feel like we should save ACLU resources for winning new freedoms or taking back lost freedoms. (Not that This isnt a noble cause. )
- lovegoblin 6y ago> taking back lost freedoms. Better not to lose them in the first place, though, right?
- archon 6y agoThis is part of the larger issue of the police - in Minneapolis and a lot of other places - actively resisting efforts by the public to document police actions and provide any level of accountability through those recordings. That is a freedom that needs to be defended.
- function_seven 6y agoThat's exactly what's going on here. The press has a constitutional right to report. This lawsuit alleges that the police violated that right. And not just once, but systemically. Now they're suing to take back that lost freedom. If they don't, then what's to stop this continuing to be the norm? I can't think of a clearer example of what the ACLU exists to do.
- gruez 6y agoMaybe because those people can't otherwise afford a lawyer to sue the city/state?
- mrfusion 6y agoIt’s the press though. Aren’t they owned by largest corporations in the world?
- dagnabbit 6y agoWhy does the ACLU's participation bother you?
- travmatt 6y agoBecause the ACLU has a professed interest in defending freedom of the press?
- coffeefirst 6y agoAnd a full-time staff that specializes in this sort of thing.