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Civil Rights

Jul. 12, 2014

Suit challenges government counterrorism initiative

The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the Northern District by civil liberties groups, is brought on behalf of five California residents who claim they were targted by the program for noncriminal activity.


By Kylie Reynolds


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A lawsuit filed Thursday in the Northern District is challenging the standards for filing so-called "suspicious activity" reports posted to government counterterrorism databases because they allegedly encourage racial and religious profiling.


The American Civil Liberties Union and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus filed the suit on behalf of five California residents who c...

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