<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS">What: Support ACLU staffer King Downing</font></span><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><div class="Ih2E3d"><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<font face="Trebuchet MS">When: Tuesday 12/4 at 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.
to 3:45 p.m.</font></span></p></div>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS">Where: Courtroom #17 at the <span>Moakley </span>Courthouse<span> (5th Floor)</span>, Downtown Boston (for directions
visit <</font><a href="http://www.mad.uscourts.gov/General/Directbos.htm" target="_blank"><font face="Trebuchet MS">http://www.mad.uscourts.gov/General/Directbos.htm</font></a><font face="Trebuchet MS">>) </font></span>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS">Why: Lawsuit against the MassPort over racial profiling at
Logan
Airport</font></span></p>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span><font color="#000081" face="Times New Roman"><font face="Trebuchet MS">Case Number:
CA04-12513</font></font></span></span></p><div class="Ih2E3d">
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS">If
you can be there for any part of this, please let me know (it will help me to have a
count and know what times people will be there).</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS"> </font></span></p></div>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS">We
especially need people there <span>on Tuesday when
the trial starts</span>, and we need people to fill the courtroom, so
your presence will be very important.<span> Also, we
will need people Wednesday (and perhaps Thursday) between 9:00 and 1:00, so if
you can't make it on Tuesday, you can still help us -- and
King.</span></font></span></p><div class="Ih2E3d">
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span> </p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS">We
do NOT want signs or political buttons (i.e. a show of support designed to sway
the jury). They might be viewed by the jury as pandering, which would NOT
be good. What matters is a presence which, in terms of numbers, reflects
the importance of the issues in the case.</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS"> </font></span></p></div><div class="Ih2E3d">
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS">Here's the story:</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS">King Downing is a Harvard-educated lawyer who happens to be
the National Coordinator of the ACLU's Campaign Against Racial profiling. In
October 2003, King arrived at Logan
Airport for a meeting on racial
profiling in Boston. He was making a phone call when a state
police trooper demanded that he produce ID. When King said he wanted to know
why, he was told he'd have to leave the airport if he didn't. He said he was
leaving anyway, but when he tried to go, he was detained briefly -- until he
produced his driver's license.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS">This case illustrates the danger of giving law enforcement
officers unfettered discretion to detain people. It is a clear case of
unconstitutional racial profiling. King Downing did nothing suspicious - unless
you consider having dark skin and a beard evidence of suspicious behavior. The
ACLU's lawsuit is challenging the constitutionality of the so-called "behavioral
assessment" program adopted by the Massachusetts Port Authority and the
Massachusetts state police to stop and detain
people for questioning at Logan Airport. </font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS">For the full story and details on the lawsuit -- Downing v.
Massachusetts Port Authority -- visit
<a href="http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/18765prs20041110.html" target="_blank">http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/18765prs20041110.html</a>
</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS">Thanks, and again, please let me know if you can make it,
and if so when!</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS">Brian</font></span></p></div></div><div class="Ih2E3d">
<div><font face="Trebuchet MS"></font> </div>
<div align="left"><font size="2"><font face="Trebuchet MS">P.S. You can now
</font><a href="http://action.aclum.org/2008conference" target="_blank"><font face="Trebuchet MS">register online</font></a><font face="Trebuchet MS"> for the
</font><a href="http://action.aclum.org/2008conference" target="_blank"><font face="Trebuchet MS">2008 ACLU of Mass. Membership Conference</font></a><font face="Trebuchet MS"> with Daniel Ellsberg and Rachel Maddow on Jan.
26!</font></font></div>
<div align="left"><font size="2"><font face="Trebuchet MS">To register or for more
information visit: </font><a href="http://action.aclum.org/2008conference" target="_blank"><font face="Trebuchet MS">http://action.aclum.org/2008conference</font></a></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"></font> </div>
<div align="left"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">Brian Corr</font></div>
<div><span><span><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">Field Organizer and Public Education
Coordinator</font></span></span></div>
<div><span><span></span></span><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">ACLU of Massachusetts</font></div>
<div><span><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">211
Congress St., Boston, MA 02110</font></span></div>
<div><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">617.482.3170x321 office</font></div><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><a href="mailto:BCorr@ACLUM.org" target="_blank">BCorr@ACLUM.org</a></font></div></div>
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