Yesterday, October 4th, 2023, the Boston City Council approved acceptance of a total of $3.4 million in federal grants for the Boston Regional Intelligence Center (BRIC), “a BPD unit that collects data and video used to fight crime and terrorism – and which maintains a database of Boston residents accused of being members of local gangs.” […]
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In 1971, the Supreme Court ruled that an “implied cause of action” existed in the case of federal agents violating an individual’s constitutional rights, despite there not being a federal statute that explicitly guaranteed the ability of individuals to sue federal government officials in the case of a rights violation in the books. Justice Brennan […]