Jen Young noticed that the PATRIOT Act flap has made it across the pond to the UK. Patriot games from The Guardian, takes a look at Arcata, CA, and how they were the first city in the US to pass an ordinance instructing its employees, including its police chief, not to “officially assist or voluntarily co-operate” with federal investigators who try to enforce the country’s Patriot Act.
“We see it as a non-violent, pre-emptive strike to protect the constitution,” he said when we spoke last week. “We’ve received hundreds of emails and phone calls, and they run about 70% in favour and 30% against.”
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