ACLU Challenges Defense Department Personnel Policy To Regard Lawful Protests As “Low-Level Terrorism”

Anti-terrorism training materials used by the Department of Defense teach its personnel that free expression in the form of public protests should be regarded as “low level terrorism.” ACLU attorneys are calling the approach “an egregious insult to constitutional values” and have sent a letter to the DoD demanding that the offending materials be changed. “It is fundamentally wrong to equate activism with terrorism,” said ACLU-NC attorney Ann Brick.
News: ACLU of Northern California

Posted Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 under ACLU News.

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