This is Democracy Now, democracynow.org, the Warren Peace Report.

I'm Amy Goodman with Nermine Shae.

As we continue with part two of our look at the ACLU of Colorado, new lawsuit against

the FBI, the Colorado Springs Police Department and local officers for illegally spying on

a local activist and community organizing hub in Colorado Springs.

The lawsuit accuses the agencies of, quote, unconstitutional and invasive search and seizure

of the phones, computers, devices, and private chats of people and groups whose message

the Colorado Springs Police Department dislikes, unquote.

We're joined by one of the plaintiffs, a local activist named Jacqueline, Armond Dottes,

and Zweta, known as Jacks.

Also with us, Trevor Aronson, an award-winning investigative journalist, a contributing writer

for the Intercept, where his new article is headlined lawsuit targets FBI probe of racial

justice activists.

He's the author of the terror factory inside the FBI's manufactured war on terrorism, and

he does the podcast called The Alphabet Boys.

I want to start with Jacks, with Jacqueline Armond Dottes and Zweta.

What happened about what happened on July 31, 2021?

Can you talk about the protest you were involved with, the group you're a part of, and what

happened as you went out to protest?

Sure.

So, on July 31, 2021, it was kind of a confluence of events.

It was the deadline for the federal eviction moratorium.

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