PCJF Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard was interviewed on Dec. 4 on KPFA’s “Flashpoints” (Pacifica). She discussed Charles Ramsey’s history as chief of D.C. police, the long struggle to protect civil liberties in the District, and his recent appointment to lead…
Ramsey refused to answer questions about unconstitutional practices in police domestic spying operation PCJF calls for his removal from presidential task force The President has placed at the head of his task force on militarized policing Charles Ramsey, an official…
Read the full article at the New York Times website. The following is an excerpt. WASHINGTON — President Obama, grappling with how to respond to the racial unrest in Ferguson, Mo., and a wave of anger at law enforcement officials across…
Reprint from Alternet Philadelphia Police Chief Charles Ramsey, one of two co-chairs appointed by President Obama to head a commission on ways to demilitarize local police, is known for leading repeated bloody and abusive crackdowns on protesters when he was…
Scattered protests shut down traffic around the District for a third day Monday, with demonstrators lying in roadways and blocking highways to protest the grand jury decision in the police shooting death of Michael Brown. The restraint shown by D.C.…
Deploying riot-gear officers in D.C. against peaceful protest is illegalCivil rights group will monitor upcoming #DCFerguson protests D.C. local media is reporting that Police Chief Cathy Lanier has activated 17 civil disturbance platoons and the special operations division (which include…
Reprinted from The Hill Civil liberties advocates are sounding the alarm amid reports that federal authorities may impose new restrictions to public access around the White House in response to a security lapse last week that allowed a fence jumper…
Reprinted from Bloomberg News The U.S. Secret Service today erected a temporary extra barrier outside the White House as it reviews how a trespasser managed to get inside the executive mansion. A buffer zone was created by erecting a metal security…
An outrageous assault on free speech “The Secret Service’s security failures inside the perimeter of the White House grounds do not provide a legitimate basis for extinguishing the First Amendment rights of the American public outside those grounds, on the…
Be On the Look Out Alert’ Rescinded; Law Enforcement Instructed that BOLO is ‘Not Operational’ The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund is pleased to announce an important victory in the ongoing case of peace activist Ray McGovern, the former CIA…
Reprinted from McClatchy DC WASHINGTON — Washingtonians are pushing back against suggestions that the U.S. Secret Service might make it harder for the public to get close to the White House. Reports in recent days suggested the service might respond…
Reprint from The Huffington Post FERGUSON, Mo. — The head of the Justice Department’s Community Oriented Policing Services is planning to return to St. Louis in the next few weeks with the goal of helping to ease the tensions between police…