[2047] in peace2
Hearings on the "patriot" act Boston
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aimee L Smith)
Wed Nov 6 16:33:46 2002
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Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 16:33:30 -0500
From: Aimee L Smith <alsmith@MIT.EDU>
If you want to join me, meet me at the Boston-headed #1 Bus stop
across from 77 Mass Ave at 5:15pm. As Bob once put it, "Get up, stand
up. Stand up for your rights!" And as Julia once put it "Wake up and
smell the fascism!!"
In hope,
Aimee
------- Forwarded Message
Greetings everyone,
This is a message from Councillors Charles Yancey and Chuck Turner
requesting your attendance at this highly important hearing on the "USA
Patriot Act" and how it impacts immigrants, low income people and
communities of color.
Law enforcement entities have also been invited to testify as to their role
in enforcing the Act. They have not yet confirmed.
1- Boston Police Commissioner Paul Evans,
2- Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly and
3- US Attorney (for Massachusetts) Michael Sullivan.
Councillor Yancey will Chair the hearing.
This message has been brought to you by...
The Offices of Boston City Councillor Chuck Turner
(617) 635-3510
CIVIL RIGHTS ALERT TO THE PUBLIC!
City Councillors Charles Yancey and Chuck Turner
Strongly Invite YOU TO ATTEND
THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE HEARING
On The
"USA PATRIOT ACT"
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 2002
6:00 - 8:30 PM
At The
DUDLEY BRANCH LIBRARY
65 WARREN STREET
ROXBURY, MA
HERE IS WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND:
Under this new law, among other things:
** YOUR PRIVACY PROTECTIONS ARE UNDERMINED **
** YOU CAN BE SUBJECTED TO: **
Invasive surveillance, wiretapping and
searches which can all be used in court against you.
** YOU CAN BE DETAINED (ARRESTED) **
WITHOUT DUE PROCESS PROCEDURES.
" STAND UP AND PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS! "
MAKE THEM HEAR YOU!
For additional information, please call (617) 635-3510 *See
reverse side for full text of Resolution.
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THE RESOLUTION READS AS FOLLOWS...
City of Boston
In City Council
Resolution In Defense of the United States Bill of Rights And
The United States Constitution
Councillor Chuck Turner
July 29, 2002
WHEREAS: Both the Bill of Rights and the United States Constitution,
as well as the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ensure that
the individual rights of citizens of this country, state, and city as well
as non-citizens are not abridged; and
WHEREAS: The Constitution and the Bill of Rights ensures that all
Americans are entitled to such rights as freedom of speech, freedom of
assembly, privacy, freedom to worship the God of ones choice, the right to
counsel and due process in judicial proceedings, as well as protection from
unreasonable searches and seizures; and
WHEREAS: On September 11th, a group of terrorists flew two planes
into the World Trade Center, causing the deaths of more than 3,000
individuals, including 100 police officers, 300 firemen, 200 women
participating in a welfare to work program, as well as scores of new
Americans, restaurant workers, vendors and the homeless, making this the
worst terrorist act in this nation's history; and
WHEREAS: In response, the President of the United States entered the
country into a war against terrorism; and
WHEREAS: Members of the Congress enacted legislation known as the
"U.S.A. Patriot Act" a law that greatly reduces the number of the civil
liberties guaranteed to all its citizens; and
WHEREAS: One of the facets of the law encourages citizens to spy on
fellow and new Americans, through their participation in the TIPS program;
and
WHEREAS: This country has fought a revolution, The War of 1812, a
civil war, an Indian War, a war against the Mexican Republic, the First
World War, the Second World War, The Korean War, The Bay of Pigs Invasion,
Invasion of Santo Domingo, The Viet Nam War, The Invasion of Panama, The
Invasion of Grenada, The Invasion of Haiti, Desert Storm, Desert Shield,
endured homeland terrorism in Oklahoma City, air strikes over Iraq, and the
war against terrorism so that citizens may enjoy the rights guaranteed them
by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights; and
WHEREAS: Citizens are speaking out throughout the country for elected
officials of local, state and national offices to speak out against the
tenets of the USA Patriot Act and its' clear violations of the US
Constitution, the US Bill of Rights, the Constitution of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and the Home Rule Charter of the City of Boston. THEREFORE BE
IT
RESOVLED: That the Boston City Council stand on record and affirm its'
resolve and loyalty to the Constitution of the United States, the Bill of
Rights of the United States of America, the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, and the Home Rule Charter of the City of Boston, as
opposed to the "U.S.A. Patriot Act," and encourage its' citizens to enjoy a
democracy where their rights as Americans cannot be abridged and urge Boston
governmental bodies as well as businesses and civic organizations to resist
attempts of US Attorney General Ashcroft to reduce our civil liberties
through the USA Patriot Act and the TIPS Program.
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