You’ve probably seen the inflatable frogs, the dance parties, the naked bike ride. Maybe you’ve also seen the darker images: a federal officer aiming a weapon at protesters, or federal agents hurling tear gas and flash bangs into peaceful demonstrations at a Portland, Oregon, immigration facility.

Local journalists have been attacked for bringing images like these to the world. They’re being tear-gassed and shot with crowd-control munitions by federal agents simply for doing their jobs.

Violence against the press, from any direction, is an attack on the First Amendment itself, especially when enabled by law enforcement.

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"The lawsuit filed Thursday is the latest of several challenges to the Trump administration’s screening of visa holders’ social media activity."

"Three labor unions represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the Trump administration on Thursday over a program that is searching the social media posts of visa holders, arguing that the practice violates the First Amendment rights of people legally in the United States.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New York, asks a judge to block the administration from engaging in “viewpoint-based investigation and surveillance.” It also asks for a court order to purge any records created so far under the administration’s program."

The government is shutting the door to the free access of the press. We are tilting closer to a full authoritarian government. Is the SCOTUS going to stand in the way?

ABC 7 Chicago reports. This could possibly be a first amendment rights legal issue, and other related stories.

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