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'Task Force agents should not be staking out our clients' homes simply for recording their activities in public,' Scarlet Kim, senior staff attorney with the ACLU's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, said in a press release. 'Nor should they abuse the Halo Law to interfere with our clients' First Amendment right to record.'
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ACLU attorney Scarlet Kim stated that Task Force agents should neither stake out clients' homes for recording them nor abuse the Halo Law to interfere with their First Amendment right to record.
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{ "person": "Scarlet Kim", "source": "press release", "organization": "ACLU's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project", "law_mentioned": "Halo Law", "subject_of_statement": "Task Force agents" } - Subject Tags
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- September 17, 2026 at 10:07 PM (3 weeks ago)
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- September 17, 2026 at 10:07 PM (3 weeks ago)
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https://reason.com/2026/09/17/memphis-task-force-caught-on-video-arresting-activist-already-suing-it-for-first-amendment-retaliation
Newly released videos show a police task force in Memphis, Tennessee, arresting a well-known local activist who is also the lead plaintiff in a First Amendment lawsuit against the force. The ACLU alleges this is part of a continuing harassment campaign against those recording law enforcement.
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