New England First Amendment Coalition

October 2024

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Police Transparency

• Mass. State Police Want More Than $176k to Review Public Records Request | Boston 25

• Connecticut ACLU Joins Effort to Make Public a Video of What Led Up to Garner Inmate's 2018 Death | CT Insider

• Boston Mayor Responds to Concerns Over City’s Broken Police Transparency Website | Boston 25

Free Speech and Schools

• Bow Residents Sue School District for Free Speech Violation Following Pink-Wristband Protest | Concord Monitor

• Shaftsbury Parents Protest to Reinstate Pledge of Allegiance at School | VTDigger

• Middleboro Student Appeals Free Speech T-Shirt Case to U.S. Supreme Court. What to Know | The Enterprise

Other News We're Tracking

National News

• Supreme Court Declines to Hear First Amendment Challenges in Gun Display and Confederate Statue Protest Cases | CNN

• Why an Election Deepfake Crackdown is Raising Free Speech Concerns | The Wall Street Journal

• America’s Censored Classrooms 2024 | PEN America

• FCC Chair Denounces Trump’s Calls for CBS to ‘Lose Its License’ Over Harris’ ‘60 Minutes’ Interview | CNN

Also On Our Radar

• Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss Civil Rights Complaint Against Neo-Nazi Group | InDepthNH

• ACLU Slams Newport City Officials for First Amendment Violation in Attempt to Silence Newport Buzz | Newport Buzz

• Treasurer Goldberg Ordered Deletion of Series of Texts, Ex-Mass. Lottery Official Says | WBUR

• Vermont Supreme Court Hears Appeal on Restraint and Seclusion Records Request Case | Times Argus

• A Mass. Civil Liberties Attorney Breaks Down New Campus Protest Rules | WBUR

Thank You to Our Supporters

NEFAC appreciates the support of all its donors and contributors. In particular, we would like to recognize the Estate of Gloria L. Negri and the following Leadership Circle donors ($10,000+) and Major Supporters ($2,500-$9,999):

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE

Rhode Island Foundation

The Boston Globe

Paul and Ann Sagan

The Robertson Foundation

MAJOR SUPPORTERS

Boston University

Hearst Conn. Media Group

Academy of New England Journalists

Connecticut Public

WBUR-Boston

WCVB-Boston