Freedom Files - Screening and Discussion at "99 Bottles" in Santa Cruz

Oct 30 2008 - 7:00pm
Oct 30 2008 - 9:00pm

Freedom Files - local screening and discussion

The Santa Cruz Chapter of the ACLU is hosting this evening gathering to allow community members to get together, learn about our government's policies and practices regarding torture, and discuss among ourselves what this means to us.

We're getting together at the 99 Bottles of Beer restaurant, in a private room with a big TV. Our local ACLU chapter will be providing free appetizers and a video. That video and the discussion which follows will provide much to think about. Please join us for what promises to be a fascinating evening.

We'll begin with a screening of the roughly half hour long video "Freedom Files: Torture and Unlawful Imprisonment." Freedom Files is a television series of documentaries produced by the ACLU. They draw on the power of true stories to highlight vital civil liberties issues of our time and inspire viewers to TAKE ACTION.

Following the video, we'll open the floor for discussion about what we've seen. The discussion will be moderated by Mike Rotkin, but will be fairly free form as we learn how our fellow community members feel about this issue.

The episode we'll be viewing makes the case that the U.S. government's use of torture, kidnapping and unlawful detention in the "war on terror" is undermining the foundations of our democracy.


THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30 •7:00PM

99 Bottles of Beer (Restaurant & Pub)

FREE APPETIZERS! 110 WALNUT AVE, SANTA CRUZ

MODERATOR, MIKE ROTKIN, Santa Cruz City Council Member, UCSC Professor, and Member of the Santa Cruz ACLU Board of Directors


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It is a very informative

Submitted by stella2 on Mon, 01/05/2009 - 11:04pm.
It is a very informative article and I found a lot of information. It is very useful article/ discussion for Law Students. Stella SM

4th amendment-wire tapping

Submitted by Maggie on Tue, 12/30/2008 - 1:49pm.
I'm wondering if ACLU members' phones might be wire tapped. I have an unremarkable life however something quite strange occurred recently. About 2 weeks ago my dentist's office-Doctor Richard Browning, left a message on my home phone regarding an appointment. Upon retrieving the message I immediately deleted it. A few days ago during the holidays I needed to quickly find the phone number for Long's drugs so I called the ATT&T 411 pre-recording. The first pre-recorded question is something like" Please state your city and state." My dutiful, and VERY clear response was "Santa Cruz, California." The recording came back on and said something like, "You said Doctor Richard Browning. Is that correct?" Well the hair rose on the back of my neck and I hung up the phone. Was that really creepy, or am I getting paranoid in my old age?

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