Police In Nebraska Harass Head Of ACLU For Showing Film Against The Patriot Act

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Sat, Oct 2, 2004 11:09AM

LINCOLN, Neb. - The head of the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union said Friday that two Nebraska state troopers tried to intimidate him after he screened a documentary film critical of the federal Patriot Act.

Tim Butz, who filed a complaint Wednesday with State Patrol chief Col. Tom Nesbitt, alleged the troopers approached him after he screened the documentary film "Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties" at a community college in North Platte on Sept. 22.

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LINCOLN, Neb. - The head of the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union said Friday that two Nebraska state troopers tried to intimidate him after he screened a documentary film critical of the federal Patriot Act.

Tim Butz, who filed a complaint Wednesday with State Patrol chief Col. Tom Nesbitt, alleged the troopers approached him after he screened the documentary film "Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties" at a community college in North Platte on Sept. 22.

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