Emails show DEA's "covert surveillance" of racial justice protesters in Philadelphia, Chicago,...

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In the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing and crackdowns on protestors last summer, CREW launched an investigation into why the response was so extreme, and who ordered actions against protestors.

Today, we got some answers.

Emails show DEA’s “covert surveillance” of racial justice protesters in Philadelphia, Chicago,...
The Drug Enforcement Administration did “covert surveillance” on racial justice protestors in Philadelphia, Chicago and Albuquerque.
citizensforethics.org
2:00 PM · Apr 16, 2021

https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/emails-show-deas-covert-surveillance-of-racial-justice-protesters-in-philadelphia-chicago-albuquerque/

The Drug Enforcement Administration conducted “covert surveillance” on people protesting the killing of George Floyd last summer in Philadelphia, Chicago and Albuquerque, according to emails obtained by CREW. The operations involved the use of undercover DEA agents to “infiltrate” protests, social media monitoring and aerial surveillance by the DEA Air Wing.

Justice Department leadership authorized the surveillance efforts in May 2020, per a DEA memorandum revealed last year by BuzzFeed News. The decision—which significantly expanded the DEA’s law enforcement authority nationwide for 14 days—was decried by members of Congress and civil liberties advocates as an invasion of First Amendment rights.

Representatives Jerry Nadler and Karen Bass urged the Justice Department to “immediately rescind” the decision in a June 5 letter, calling it “unwarranted and antithetical to the American people’s right to peacefully assemble and to exercise their Constitutional rights without undue intrusion.”

The new emails, obtained by CREW as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, provide a glimpse into how the DEA utilized its expanded surveillance authority in three cities.

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[TheRealNorth]

1. Its not like we have neo-nazi motorcycle gangs manufacturing and distributing drugs

[MyOwnPeace]

2. Gotta' ask...........

What were THEY doing on January 6th?