CounterSpin interviews Mara Verheyden-Hilliard on the right to protest
‘There’s an Effort Around the Country to Curtail People’s Fundamental 1st Amendment Rights’
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Mass Arrests of Protesters: Outrageous in Russia, Barely Worth Mentioning in US
FAIR 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 USD.C. Auditor Tells Police To Disclose Trump Protest Report to the PCJF
The 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 PCJFSupreme Court Passes on Mass Arrests
“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 ArrestsSupreme Court Considers Mass Arrests Without Warning
Justices 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 WarningIndependent Journalist Now Faces 70 Years in Prison After Inauguration Mass Arrest
Alexei 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: No Confirmation of Newsham Prior to Independent Investigation – Call the DC Council!
PCJF 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!Free Artistic Expression on Campus Extinguished Under Pressure from FBI Agent’s Association
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 AssociationTrump and Sessions’ War on Consent Decrees and Police Accountability
Carl Messineo, co-founder of The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, appears on Law and Disorder Radio to discuss consent decrees and policing in the U.S.
Read MoreTrump and Sessions’ War on Consent Decrees and Police AccountabilityEsquire: How the Government is Turning Protesters into Felons
Lost between the tumult of Inauguration Day and the spectacle of the Women's March was the arrest of 214 protesters—now facing felony charges and 10 years in prison.
Read MoreEsquire: How the Government is Turning Protesters into FelonsPCJF Joins Legal Team Defending Water Protectors at Standing Rock
The PCJF is proud to be part of the legal team litigating in federal court against the violent, militarized police suppression of Water Protectors at Standing Rock. The WPLC filed Dundon v. Kirchmeier, a federal civil rights class action lawsuit…
PCJF Helps Win $125K Judgment for Illegal Public Strip Search
Reprinted from NBC4 Washington Watch the broadcast video above, featuring an interview with Mara Verheyden-Hilliard A D.C. man has won a $125,000 judgment after he was strip-searched by a Laurel, Maryland police officer in 2014 — an incident that police officials…