PCJF Press Release The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has denied D.C.’s petition for an en banc re-hearing in the case challenging the constitutionality of the checkpoint program first deployed in 2008 in northeast Washington, D.C.’s…
Chiefs Responsible for More Than 1,000 False Arrests The arrest of Harvard history professor Henry Louis Gates in his home in Cambridge sparked a nationwide discussion about police misconduct. Now, the Cambridge Police Department along with the City of Cambridge…
PCJF lawsuit against BBG seeks key documents on covert domestic propaganda operation The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) filed a lawsuit on Sept. 9, 2009 in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Broadcasting Board of…
Reprinted from The Washington Post The August 6 Washington Post editorial on the mass arrests of peaceful protestors in Washington, D.C. in 2002 echoes Federal Judge Emmet Sullivan’s “extraordinary rebuke” of D.C. government and police officials for the loss, destruction…
Reprinted from Legal Times U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan blasted the District of Columbia Attorney General’s Office at a hearing earlier this week, calling the city’s mishandling of a high-profile suit alleging false arrest the “civil counterpart” of the Justice…
Judge: ‘Case appears to be civil counterpart of Ted Stevens case’ A U.S. federal judge called for an investigation into the conduct of the Washington, D.C., Office of the Attorney General for its concealment of crucial evidence in a case…
Reprinted from Washington Examiner A federal judge has called for an investigation into the D.C. police department after officials there destroyed key evidence related to a controversial mass arrest of anti-globalization protesters in 2002. Judge Emmet G. Sullivan said Wednesday…
Reprinted from The Washington Post A federal judge chastised D.C. government lawyers Wednesday for how they have defended lawsuits brought by nearly 400 people arrested during a 2002 protest in downtown Washington. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan said at…
Police Action in ’08 Ruled Unconstitutional Reprinted from The Washington Post A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that checkpoints set up by District police in neighborhoods beset by violence are unconstitutional, effectively ending a crime-fighting tactic that officials say was…
Major Victory for Civil Rights! The following press release was just sent out explaining the details and political importance of the checkpoints case: In an unanimous and strongly worded ruling, a three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals…
Reprinted from The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court said Friday that police checkpoints in a crime-plagued Washington neighborhood are unconstitutional and ordered a lower court to reconsider its refusal to block the program. In June 2008,…