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How DC police’s response to protests in the early 2000’s still impacts the force today

As a pro-Palestine protest and encampment enters week two at George Washington University’s campus, the impact of several mass demonstrations more than two decades ago can still be felt.

Legal Organizations Condemn Local Repression Against Anti-Genocide Protestors

While peaceful protests were happening in 81 cities and 19 countries, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) took the extraordinary step of jailing the San Francisco protestors on trumped up felony conspiracy charges.

Chiu seeks to demonize young people as part of move to dismiss skateboard case

Excerpt from 48 Hills. San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu is asking a federal judge to dismiss lawsuits against the Police Department over the 2023 Dolores Hill skateboard event where hundreds of young people were arrested and held in what some say was a violation…

Lawyers for Bay Bridge 78 Call on Court to Dismiss Charges in Interest of Justice

The Center for Protest Law & Litigation at the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund filed a motion in San Francisco’s superior court on February 23 on behalf of the Bay Bridge 78 calling for the court to dismiss the charges…

Four teens sue San Francisco and police chief over mass arrest of youths at ‘Hill Bomb’ skateboarding event

Excerpt from NBC News. Every year, throngs of youths descend upon San Francisco’s Mission District for a skateboarding event, but this year festivities ended in chaos with police arresting over 100 young people.

Teens sue San Francisco after mass arrests at skateboarding event

Excerpt from the Washington Post. San Francisco now faces a class-action lawsuit alleging that the roughly 80 juveniles corralled by police were wrongfully detained.

Young people arrested in police sweep at Dolores skate event file federal suit

Excerpt from 48 Hills By Tim Redmond | Read the full story here. Attorneys for four young people arrested during the Dolores Hill Bomb skateboard event last June filed suit today in federal court asking for substantial damages after police swept up…

Lawsuit filed against San Francisco, police chief over Dolores Hill Bomb arrests

The city of San Francisco, its police department and several others were named in a lawsuit over the arrests that happened during the 2023 Dolores Park Hill Bomb.

San Francisco Sued Over Police Crackdown on Dolores Park Skating Event

A group of teenagers are suing over San Francisco’s police crackdown on the Dolores Park Hill Bomb, a yearly skating event that this past summer led to mass arrests of more than 100 people—most of them children.

Teens sue S.F. police alleging ‘illegal’ arrests after skateboard event that turned chaotic

Excerpt from The San Francisco Chronicle By David Hernandez | Read the full article here. Four teens filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking class-action status against San Francisco police alleging they wrongfully arrested a group of young participants and revelers after…

SFPD Hit With the Inevitable Lawsuit Over ‘Dolores Hill Bomb’ Mass Arrest of 81 Minors

Parents said they would sue over July’s draconian mass arrest of 117 people (83 of them minors) during this year’s Dolores Hill Bomb skateboarding meetup, and that lawsuit against the SFPD has now arrived.

PCJF Files Class Action Lawsuit Against San Francisco for its Treatment and Illegal Arrest of More Than 100 Children and Young Adults

The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund filed a federal civil rights class lawsuit against San Francisco and police commanders on behalf of children and young adults arrested in July 2023 at a community event that occurred in Dolores Park in San Francisco, California.