Interview: Crackdown on Trump protesters
PCJF Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard spoke with hosts Brian Becker and John Kiriakou on the “Loud and Clear” radio program about the J20 prosecutions.
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Civil Rights Groups Challenge Protest Restrictions at Speech by Self-Proclaimed White Nationalist Richard Spencer at University of Florida
Florida 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.
Government Demands Massive Private Data from DisruptJ20.org
PCJF Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard spoke with Brian Becker on his "Loud and Clear" radio show.
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’
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.
D.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.
Supreme 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
Supreme 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.
Independent 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.
PCJF: 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.
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.
Trump 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.