Maryland Police violate citizens first amendment rights

The Maryland state police were secretly watching several protest groups that included anti-war protesters, enviornmentalists, and animal rights activists. They had labeled these group of people terrorists and were spying on them for a 14 month period. The police did not have cause to start the surveillance and did it secretly which might also be argued as an invasion of privacy. The records were made available to those who were wrongly watched but the records were deemed incomplete. Officials had blacked out much of the information and some citizens are calling it a joke that the officials are witholding their information. The police were arguing that the groups may have been a threat to public safety and that is why their actions were followed but neglect to bring forth and such examples of behavior. Some of the individuals in the terrorist database had never even attended a protest but were simply members of groups that had planned protest activity in Maryland.