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In preparation for the inauguration of Donald Trump, the Metropolitan Police Department spent around $300,000 on equipment like smoke bombs, stinger rounds, rubber baton rounds, and other “less-lethal” munitions.
Read MoreD.C. Police Spent $300,000 On Weapons, Equipment For Inauguration, DCist reportsPCJF Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard spoke with hosts Brian Becker and John Kiriakou on the “Loud and Clear” radio program about the J20 prosecutions.
Read MoreInterview: Crackdown on Trump protestersFlorida Legal Services and the PCJF sent a letter to the University of Florida raising constitutional issues about restrictions enacted for anti-fascist and anti-racist protests planned on October 19, 2017.
Read MoreCivil Rights Groups Challenge Protest Restrictions at Speech by Self-Proclaimed White Nationalist Richard Spencer at University of FloridaPCJF Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard spoke with Brian Becker on his "Loud and Clear" radio show.
Read MoreGovernment Demands Massive Private Data from DisruptJ20.org‘There’s an Effort Around the Country to Curtail People’s Fundamental 1st Amendment Rights’
Read MoreCounterSpin interviews Mara Verheyden-Hilliard on the right to protestFAIR reports: Major media’s relative lack of interest in the mass arrests by Metro DC police on Inauguration Day is a fact noted by activists and journalists since the incident almost six months ago.
Read MoreMass Arrests of Protesters: Outrageous in Russia, Barely Worth Mentioning in USThe ODCA issued a report criticizing MPD for refusing to release to the PCJF documents regarding Chief Peter Newsham's controversial handling of the J20 protests against the incoming Trump Administration.
Read MoreD.C. Auditor Tells Police To Disclose Trump Protest Report to the PCJF“The Supreme Court has let stand a Second Circuit ruling that poses a clear and present danger to democracy, free speech and a free press,” says Mara Verheyden-Hilliard to U.S. News and World Report
Read MoreSupreme Court Passes on Mass ArrestsJustices are being asked to require police to warn peaceful protesters before mass-arresting them, U.S. News reports.
Read MoreSupreme Court Considers Mass Arrests Without WarningAlexei Wood live-streamed his every move and utterance to Facebook. Now he’s one of the last journalists to face charges, U.S. News reports.
Read MoreIndependent Journalist Now Faces 70 Years in Prison After Inauguration Mass ArrestPCJF sent an open letter to DC Council declaring that there should be no confirmation of Newsham prior to independent investigation into police actions of January 20, 2017.
Read MorePCJF: No Confirmation of Newsham Prior to Independent Investigation – Call the DC Council!After exhibiting Rigo23's statue of longtime political prisoner Leonard Peltier, AU immediately capitulated to the FBI Agent's Association's demand that the statue be removed, in the process publicly decapitating the statue and extinguishing free expression.
Read MoreFree Artistic Expression on Campus Extinguished Under Pressure from FBI Agent’s Association
