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Somerville leaders consider abandoning gunfire-detecting technology
City councilors in Somerville, Massachusetts, are considering getting rid of technology used to capture the sound of gunfire in communities and alert police. Somerville City Councilor At Large Willie Burnley Jr. introduced an order to discuss the effectiveness and placement of the ShotSpotter software, recently re-branded to Sound Thinking. “For me, it’s quite concerning when we have people of...
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Somerville considers abandoning gunfire-detecting technology
City leaders are debating the effectiveness and implementation of software to detect gunshots.
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Kansas school forced 8-year-old Native American boy to cut his hair, ACLU says
The ACLU demanded that the Girard School District in Kansas rescind a policy that bars long hair for boys at the elementary school.
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NH sued over removal of marker dedicated to Communist Party leader
Supporters of a former historical marker dedicated to a feminist and labor activist from New Hampshire who also led the U.S. Communist Party sued the state Monday, saying officials violated a law around administrative procedures and should put it back up. The green and white sign describing the life of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was installed May 1 in Concord close...
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NH Historical Marker Dedicated to Feminist, Communist Leader Removed
A historical marker dedicated to a feminist and labor activist in New Hampshire who also led the Communist Party was removed Monday just two weeks after it was unveiled. The green and white sign describing the life of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was installed May 1 in Concord close to where she was born in 1890. But it quickly drew criticism…
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School Punished Teen Girl for Working Out in Sports Bra in 100-Degree Texas Heat, ACLU Says
A letter from the American Civil Liberties Union goes into detail about one student’s treatment on the cross-country and track teams and notes that she felt targeted.