January 14th, 2009

SF: Two Berkeley Groups Sue Over Search in Which 14 Computers Were Seized

Bay City News

Attorneys for two civil rights group filed a federal court lawsuit Wednesday charging numerous violations by local law enforcement and the FBI in an Aug. 27 raid of Berkeley’s Long Haul Infoshop...

"The Slingshot and EBPS computers were clearly marked and kept behind locked doors," said EFF Civil Liberties Director Jennifer Granick. “Yet the raid officers broke into the offices to take information these organizations collected and relied on to publish information to their readership.

Related Issues: Free SpeechPrivacy

Related Cases: Long Haul v Regents of the University of California

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