Emails uncovered by the Wisconsin Examiner reveal that the WPD used extensive and aggressive tactics to monitor protestors amid the racial justice uprisings this past summer.
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Law enforcement shouldn't weaponize surveillance tools to suppress free speech & chill dissent. In a democratic society, Americans have a right to decide which surveillance methods law enforcement uses, but they can't if it's being hidden from them.https://twitter.com/WIExaminer/status/1351635400218054657 …
Open records from the @WauwatosaPD reveal emails documenting a 'protester list' amid emails on tickets, videos and other #surveillance
#BlackLivesMatter
#Wauwatosa @ACLUofWisconsin #Milwaukee @SenTaylor @DavidFBowen @RepBrostoff
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2021/01/19/wauwatosa-pd-created-protester-list-during-crackdown-on-peaceful-demonstrations/ … pic.twitter.com/rjtIZgJtuu
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The mass surveillance program that the Wauwatosa Police Department used to track peaceful protestors should alarm anyone concerned with the protection of civil liberties.
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