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| Berkeley activists can sue over federal raid |
| By sfgate.com |
| Published: 12/01/2009 |
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PST BERKELEY -- Berkeley activists can sue federal agents for their role in a 2008 raid in which officers seized their computers and records in search of alleged threats by animal-rights advocates, a federal judge ruled Monday. The activist group Long Haul Inc. can try to prove that the search of its Berkeley offices exceeded legal boundaries, that agents misled the judge who issued a search warrant and that it was targeted because of its left-wing views, said U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White. An unaffiliated group with offices in the same Berkeley building, East Bay Prisoner Support, also won the right to sue on the same grounds. Both groups have also sued the University of California, whose police were involved in the raid. The university did not join the federal government's attempt to dismiss the suit. Long Haul operates a bookstore, public computer terminals and meeting rooms at a storefront on 3124 Shattuck Ave. A judge approved the search warrant in August 2008 after a UC police detective said threatening messages to animal researchers at UC Berkeley two months earlier had been sent from a computer at the storefront. Read More. |
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