Excerpt from The Washington Post Ending a 13-year legal struggle, a federal judge gave final approval Monday to a settlement in which the federal government agreed to new terms of engagement with demonstrators in the nation’s capital and agreed to…
Reprint from The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia’s Office of Police Complaints issued a scathing report this week on how officers with the Metropolitan Police Department continually fail to identify themselves to citizens. Since 2006, the office fielded about 400 complaints on…
Reprint from DCist.com Thirteen years after nearly 400 protesters were arrested in a mass sweep at Pershing Park, a proposed $2.2 million settlement would reform how the U.S. Park Police handles protests. In September of 2002, hundreds of people demonstrated during…
From Democracy Now The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund has announced an unprecedented settlement with the Obama administration to change the way the U.S. Park Police conduct mass arrests. The deal follows 12 years of litigation over the arrests of nearly…
Reprint from the Huffington Post WASHINGTON — On Monday morning, the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund announced that it had reached a historic $2.2 million settlement with the Justice Department and the Department of the Interior that will ensure the U.S. Park…
Reprint from WASHINGTON (WUSA9) A $2.2 million settlement has been reached over the 2002 arrest of nearly 400 people in D.C.. The arrests were made in Pershing Park on September 27th, 2002. Police encircled the park and arrested more than 400…
Reprint from the Associated Press — A proposed $2.2 million settlement of a case that started with the arrests of hundreds of protesters in 2002 would change the way U.S. Park Police handle mass protests. The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, which…
Model for ‘best practices’ in policing demonstrations U.S. District Court issues preliminary approval for class action settlement After more than 12 years of class-action litigation, the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) has reached an unprecedented settlement with the Justice…
By Peter Rugh for Waging Nonviolence The New York Police Department has reportedly been giving young adults free tickets to screenings of “Selma,” and last month, on Martin Luther King Day, officers with the 81st Precinct in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood even drove a group of local…
Reprinted from The Guardian The creation of a new counter-terrorism unit within the NYPD, which will be armed with “machine guns” and tasked with policing protests as well as guarding the city against any terrorist threat, has drawn heavy criticism from legal…
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund condemns the decision of the New York City government to target free speech activity with a newly created NYPD ‘anti-terrorist’ unit. The PCJF calls for the unit to be disbanded and for Mayor De…
By Sam EiflingReprint from The New Republic The New York Police Department announced this week a new approach to community policing. By Commissioner Bill Bratton’s account, the new strategy will allow more precinct cops to spend more time in neighborhoods, leading to better mutual…