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ACLU sues Portland police, challenging bureau’s livestreaming of protests
[OREGONLIVE] The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the Portland Police Bureau, challenging its livestreaming of protests.

The ACLU contends the bureau’s practice of filming and broadcasting protesters violates state law that prohibits police from collecting or maintaining information about the political, religious or social views, associations or activities of people who are not suspected of criminal activity.

The police livestream zooms in on individual faces, making protesters vulnerable to face surveillance technology, the civil rights agency contends.

The livestream has been one of dozens of livestreams of nightly demonstrations in Portland.

"Unlawful police surveillance threatens our First Amendment rights," said Jann Carson, interim executive director of the ACLU of Oregon. "The Portland Police Bureau has no constitutional reason to train its video cameras on demonstrators
Huh? Security cameras film whatever comes into their recording field — that’s the point. If you don’t want to be filmed, stay away,
— or to broadcast those images publicly on the internet, where federal agents and others can analyze them."
How dare the police do the thing the bad guys do so avidly!
City Attorney Tracy Reeve said she couldn’t comment on the pending litigation.
May I suggest the Portland police union hire their own lawyer — I suspect the city attorney’s office will see their fiduciary duty as protecting the city, not its cops.
Federal officers who have been stationed in an incident command center in the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse have been monitoring livestream footage shared on social media of the demonstrations.
Doing their job? What a concept.
Portland police and federal officers have made arrests after reviewing video footage to identify people accused of committing violence or property damage.

The ACLU of Oregon filed its lawsuit Wednesday in Multnomah County Circuit Court, the latest legal action stemming from the nightly demonstrations and officers’ use of force.

The suit also is on behalf of an unidentified protester who was caught on the police streaming footage while demonstrating outside the police union office in North Portland on July 13, according to the suit.
The poor darling. It must be so distressing for his/her/its/other delicate soul.

Posted by: Fred 2020-07-30
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