Yesterday, the Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (“SJC”) in Commonwealth v. Dilworth (SJC-13547). The Clinic represented Berkman Klein affiliates Michael Bennett and Zahra Stardust, who were joined on the brief by the ACLU of Massachusetts and the Innocence Project. The brief supports defendant-appellee Richard Dilworth, Jr., who has raised claims of racial profiling in the Boston Police Department’s (“BPD”) use of social media ...| Cyberlaw Clinic
Today, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (“SJC”) issued a ruling in Commonwealth v. Dilworth (SJC-13547), holding that the Boston Police Department violated the law by refusing to turn over evidence of potential online racial profiling. The decision is welcomed by the Cyberlaw Clinic, which previously represented Berkman Klein affiliates Michael Bennett and Zahra Stardust, along with the ACLU of Massachusetts and the Innocence Project, on an amicus brief in the case.| Cyberlaw Clinic