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CIA won't disclose possible involvement in Occupy crackdowns
December 22, 2011
Interview on RT television with Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Executive Director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, on the CIA’s refusal to process a FOIA records request about the spy agency’s role in the coordinated crackdown against Occupy encampments
WBAI Evening News Reports on Occupy Movement
November 23, 2011
Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Attorney, Partnership for Civil Justice discusses the legal work that has been undertaken to protect Occupy encampments across the nation.
NPR's Kojo Nnamdi Show on Occupy Wall Street and Protesters' Rights
October 27, 2011
This week hundreds of "Occupy Wall Street" protestors around the country have been arrested, sometimes clashing with police dressed in riot gear. Mara Verheyden-Hilliard joins us to discuss the laws that govern police actions and protester rights in Washington.
Marcel Cartier Interview with PressTV
October 11, 2011
Political activist, Marcel Cartier, discusses the Occupy Wall Street protests and their suppression by the NYPD.
Carl Messineo on Fox 5: Allegations of Tampering with Pershing Park Arrest Documents
September 16, 2011
Nine years after hundreds of people were illegally detained and arrested in a downtown park the FBI is looking into allegations someone in the D.C. Police Department tried to destroy documents related to the event.
Carl Messineo Testimony on MPD's Practices for Police Escorts
July 19, 2011
Testimony from Carl Messineo of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, speaking before the Committee on the Judiciary of the D.C. Council on improper MPD escorts to celebrities
Fox 5 DC on Pershing Park Mass Arrest Settlement
December 15, 2009
Video from MyFox 5 Washington DC, reporting on the historic settlement of the false arrest case dating back to September 27, 2002.
Fox 5 DC on April 15, 2000 Mass Arrest Settlement
November 23, 2009
It was the first protests tied to the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings in April of 2000. D.C. Police corralled and arrested nearly 700 demonstrators. The District of Columbia will pay up to $13.7 million to settle the lawsuit filed by the Partnership for Civil Justice on behalf of protesters and bystanders
