Handschu agreement
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The Handschu agreement was a set of guidelines that regulate police behavior (in New York) with regard to political activity. Purely political activity cannot be investigated by the police. This includes indiscriminate police video recording of public gatherings with no indication of unlawful activity.
The agreement is named after a woman named Barbara Handschu, lead plaintiff in the suit Handschu v. NYC in 1971. The suit was settled in 1985 which brought about the agreement. As a result, any activity that was believed to be a mix of criminal and political activity needed an additional warrant and was thus subject to additional oversight.
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