Flex Your Rights (Flex) is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit educational organization that aims to educate the public about how basic Bill of Rights protections apply during meetings with law enforcement. To achieve this, Flex Your Rights creates and distributes media (including two complete docudrama films) explaining individual legal rights during police meetings. Flex was founded in 2002 and is based in Washington, D.C.
Video Flex Your Rights
History
Flex was founded by Steven Silverman in 2002. Silverman, who serves as the organization's Executive Director, created Flex in response to what he regarded as a widespread confusion over the basic rules of search and seizure. Silverman came to this conclusion when he worked as a campus manager for a campaign to cancel the abolition of the Higher Education Act, which denied financial aid to students with drug confidence. As part of his work, Silverman encourages students to explain details about police dismissals and searches that lead to the arrest of their small drugs.
Silverman noted the pattern during this interview, and various law enforcement and legal experts confirmed his conclusion: Most people are confused with the basic rules of search and seizure as well as due process of law. To ensure that the same constitutional rights and justice are upheld by law enforcement, Silverman believes we must build citizens who are constitutionally educated.
Maps Flex Your Rights
Videos
BUSTED: Citizen's Guide to Surviving the Police Conferences
In 2003, Flex received funding from the Ganja Policy Program grant program to create its first docudrama, BUSTED: Citizen's Guide to Surviving the Police Meeting, hosted by Ira Glasser, former executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union. This film illustrates the scenario of police meeting citizens in various situations and how relevant civil rights should be affirmed in regard to the Fourth Amendment, Fifth and Sixth Constitution of the United States.
Flex has overseen an independent distribution of over 20,000 DVD copies, this video has over 3.5 million online displays, and is regularly screened in hundreds of college and high school classrooms.
A number of professional and civilian groups - including police instructors, student and community activists, caring lawyers and parents - have expressed their support for the video.
10 Rules for Dealing with Police
Flex recently completed the production of 10 Rules for Dealing with Police, a new docudrama focusing on the concerns of colored people.
Not Guilty: The Jury's Guide to Protecting Good People from Bad Law
The next film project is a film depicting the rights of the US Constitution and the jury's power, such as the jury's cancellation option.
Controversy
In May 2010, two Norview teachers from Norfolk High School, Virginia were placed on paid administrative leave after Busted screenings to their 12th grade Government class. The parents complained to the Norview government that her daughter came home from school and said, "'You would not believe what we learned in government, they taught us how to hide our medicines.' Norview spokeswoman Elizabeth Thiel Mather said the divisional leaders were investigating the incident because of concerns that the material was illegal.
Activism
Flex collaborated with community activists to fight a new policing scheme that violated the protection of citizen Bill of Rights. Successes include victories against D.C. Mayor of Adrian Fenty's Safe Homes Initiative and efforts by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to implement random searches of Metro passengers.
References
External links
- Official website
- Official Video BUSTED
Source of the article : Wikipedia
0 Comments