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Nebraska Police Reportedly Harassed ACLU Head

HeadlineOct 01, 2004

In Nebraska, the director of the state’s American Civil Liberties Union has filed a complaint with the state police alleging that he was harassed by two troopers after he screened a film critical of the USA Patriot Act. After the screening of the film Unconstitutional one of the troopers approached Tim Butz and told him that he “shouldn’t come out to these small towns and scare people and stir things up.”

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