By Joshua B. Good
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) released hundreds of
once-secret documents Wednesday (May 16, 2007) that detail police
surveillance leading up to the 2004 Republican National Convention.
The New York Police Department (NYPD) had fought making the
files public.
"They argued that release of the documents would make it
impossible to get a fair jury," said Maggie Gram, a spokeswoman for
the NYCLU.
However, it is common in jury trials that few potential jury
members will have read a news account or seen a TV story about
high-profile case. In some cases, no potential jurors have heard about
cases before they go to trial.
The police documents were compiled on a variety of protest groups by
the NYPD intelligence unit. The NYCLU is suing the NYPD for allegedly
violating the constitutional rights of war protestors and other
demonstrators during the summer of 2004 Republican National Convention.
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