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November 11, 2008

Group: NYPD Abandons Video Surveillance of Peaceful Protesters
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And the New York Police Department has reportedly ended a policy of
videotaping peaceful protesters at demonstrations. The New York Civil
Liberties Union says the videotaping has been dropped in response to its
lawsuit against the NYPD following the 2004 Republican National
Convention. Police officials have apparently restored what are known as
the Handschu guidelines that dictate how the police carries out
political investigations. The NYCLU says the guidelines were changed
last year, but it wasn’t informed until last month.



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