John Menick's Blog » Civil Liberties http://www.johnmenick.com Art, film, prose, and politics Thu, 17 May 2012 03:49:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 NYC photographers win round one: proposed permit laws withdrawn http://www.johnmenick.com/2007/08/nyc-new-york-photography-permit-laws http://www.johnmenick.com/2007/08/nyc-new-york-photography-permit-laws#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:36:22 +0000 John Menick http://www.johnmenick.com/2007/08/nyc-new-york-photography-permit-laws http://www.johnmenick.com/2007/08/nyc-new-york-photography-permit-laws/feed 0 NYPD: Top Secret Auteurs http://www.johnmenick.com/2007/02/nypd-top-secret-auteurs http://www.johnmenick.com/2007/02/nypd-top-secret-auteurs#comments Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:13:31 +0000 John Menick http://localhost/johnmenick/blog/2007/02/21/nypd-top-secret-auteurs eyewitnessvideo.jpg As a commenter on the Gothamist points out: "Imagine what would happen if this space-age surveillance and hardline police resources were put to use against actual terrorists, rather than bike-riding college kids."]]> http://www.johnmenick.com/2007/02/nypd-top-secret-auteurs/feed 0 New York Times: Madrid Bombing Trial Opened to Streaming Video http://www.johnmenick.com/2007/02/new-york-times-madrid-bombing-trial-opened-to-streaming-video http://www.johnmenick.com/2007/02/new-york-times-madrid-bombing-trial-opened-to-streaming-video#comments Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:29:51 +0000 John Menick http://localhost/johnmenick/blog/2007/02/21/new-york-times-madrid-bombing-trial-opened-to-streaming-video article's photo. I guess those two lamps behind the talking head help matte in the background. It also looks as if here background is not a physical place at all, but an info-graphic.]]> http://www.johnmenick.com/2007/02/new-york-times-madrid-bombing-trial-opened-to-streaming-video/feed 0 Some Links on Guantánamo http://www.johnmenick.com/2006/11/some-links-on-guantanamo http://www.johnmenick.com/2006/11/some-links-on-guantanamo#comments Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:54:30 +0000 John Menick http://localhost/johnmenick/blog/2006/11/10/some-links-on-guantanamo Miami Herald writes, perhaps Rumsfeld's departure will help even more. Then again, can it get any worse than US officials denying access to their clients? From AP:
“If attorneys were kept from visiting Guantanamo, the only information regarding conditions there would be provided by the government,” said Joshua Colangelo-Bryan, a New York lawyer whose Bahraini client tried to commit suicide at Guantánamo last year as Colangelo-Bryan was visiting him.
(Also see Amnesty's page on the detention center, and their new project, Make Some Noise.)]]> http://www.johnmenick.com/2006/11/some-links-on-guantanamo/feed 0 Wear an anti-war shirt on JetBlue and get busted http://www.johnmenick.com/2006/08/wear-an-anti-war-shirt-on-jetblue-and-get-busted http://www.johnmenick.com/2006/08/wear-an-anti-war-shirt-on-jetblue-and-get-busted#comments Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:51:42 +0000 John Menick http://localhost/johnmenick/blog/2006/08/21/wear-an-anti-war-shirt-on-jetblue-and-get-busted Raed Jarrar was flying to California through JFK wearing an Artists Against the War t-shirt that said "We will not be silent" in both Arabic and English. JetBlue' response?]]> http://www.johnmenick.com/2006/08/wear-an-anti-war-shirt-on-jetblue-and-get-busted/feed 0