[Occupymendocino] Fw: [Globalfrackdown] fyi: Police illegally blocking cell signals at #NoDAPL protests?? (pls sign) [Demand Progress]

[Ann Rennacker]

A petition to stop militarized police from blocking the cellphones of protesters in North Dakota.


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I thought I'd better share this work with you all.
#FrackFreeNB!  #FrackWaterFreeNB!
Gramma Willi

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Subject:        Police illegally blocking cell signals at #NoDAPL protests?? (pls sign)
Date:   Mon, 07 Nov 2016 16:29:13 +0000
From:   Kate Kizer, DemandProgress.org <info at demandprogress.org><mailto:info at demandprogress.org>
Reply-To:       info at demandprogress.org<mailto:info at demandprogress.org>
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Police at the #NoDAPL protests may be illegally blocking activists' cell phone signals.
Tell the FCC: Launch an investigation into cell phone jamming and spying on #NoDAPL activists at Standing Rock!

SIGN THE PETITION<http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/tell-fcc-investigate-cell-phone-jamming-and-spying-standing-rock/?source=demandprogress&t=2&akid=4871.2253578.4RTxr8>


Willi,

Right before militarized police advanced on activists at the No Dakota Access Pipeline (#NoDAPL) protests last week, protestors cell phone signals suddenly disappeared. Their lifeline to the rest of the world was gone.

If the police at Standing Rock cut their cell signals it would be a MAJOR legal violation.

The law is crystal clear: It's illegal to jam cell phone signals. And spying on protesters without probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment.

The only way to find out what's going on is for the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) to launch an immediate investigation - and stop any illegal actions they uncover.

Tell the FCC: Launch an investigation into cell phone jamming and spying at Standing Rock!<http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/tell-fcc-investigate-cell-phone-jamming-and-spying-standing-rock/?source=demandprogress&t=3&akid=4871.2253578.4RTxr8>

For years, activists have been standing with the Standing Rock Sioux Nation to protect their sacred lands and drinking water from the massive DAPL crude oil pipeline.

The mainstream media has largely ignored their efforts, so posting cell phone footage of their peaceful protests - and confrontations with police - online has become their lifeline to document police abuses.

And because the Standing Rock Sioux Nation operates its own cell phone tower, it's unlikely that these timely cell phone disruptions are from bandwidth overload.

Instead, experts are saying that the sudden breakdown in wireless signal could be a result of police illegally jamming cell phone signals, or using "stingray" surveillance devices that disrupt cell phone signals.1

The FCC is the only agency with the authority to require law enforcement to reveal if they're using wireless spying devices.

If the FCC finds illegal abuses by the police, it has the power to stop them.

With tensions between protestors and police escalating by the minute, the FCC needs to open an investigation NOW.

Tell the FCC: Launch an investigation into cell phone jamming and spying at Standing Rock!<http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/tell-fcc-investigate-cell-phone-jamming-and-spying-standing-rock/?source=demandprogress&t=4&akid=4871.2253578.4RTxr8>

Thanks for all you do,

Kate Kizer
Campaigner





Sources:
1. Wetmachine, "Are Police Jamming Cell Phones At Standing Rock Protest? The FCC Should Investigate.," November 2, 2016<http://act.demandprogress.org/go/2717?t=7&akid=4871.2253578.4RTxr8>.

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