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As the first of about 80 people arrested for blockading the Bay Bridge during last month’s APEC summit headed to court on Monday, they and their supporters rallied to “pack the courts."
Read MoreProtesters ‘pack’ S.F. courts to support those arrested on Bay Bridge after Gaza protestThe parents of teenagers caught in the July Dolores Park “hill bomb” mass arrests filed a claim against San Francisco on Monday alleging that police officials violated their childrens’ constitutional rights.
Read MoreParents of Dolores Park hill bomb teens file civil rights claimLederman, an attorney with the Center for Protest Law and Litigation, said that a jury should decide whether it was objectionably reasonable for officers to bombard hundreds of individuals with high-pressure water hoses, impact munitions, explosives, and chemical agents for ten hours
Read MoreFederal Appeals Court Hears Case of Excessive Force by Law Enforcement at Standing RockIn her arguments before the Eighth Circuit Tuesday, attorney Rachel Lederman said Traynor had taken far too much of law enforcement’s side of the story at face value.
Read MoreInjured Standing Rock protesters press 8th Circuit to revive suitSan Jose will pay more than $3 million to a group of people who sued the city and police department over injuries they suffered during the infamous 2020 George Floyd demonstrations downtown.
Read MoreSan Jose approves $3.3 million settlement for George Floyd protest injuries“There was basically no accountability at all for the violence that was inflicted during these protests,” said Rachel Lederman, Center for Protest Law & Litigation and lead attorney for the plaintiffs.
Read MoreSan Jose to pay over $3 million for police excessive force during George Floyd protestsRacial justice protestors who were attacked and injured by the San José Police Department in May 2020 will receive $3.35 million in a settlement approved by the City Council.
Read MoreSan José City Council OKs $3.35 Million Settlement for Five Racial Justice Protestors Attacked by San José PoliceExcerpt from Truthout: On Monday, August 28, a Water Protector arrested and charged with a felony for participating in a nonviolent direct action against the Line 3 pipeline will head to trial.
Read MoreLine 3 Pipeline Water Protectors Head to Trial on Trumped-Up Felony ChargesThe Partnership for Civil Justice Fund and allied organizations sent the following letter to San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins.
Read MoreDA Jenkins: Drop the Charges Against the Dolores Park Children and YouthRachel Lederman, senior counsel for the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund and part of the plaintiffs’ legal team, said “we are very pleased we will be able to get this case in front of a jury.”
Read MoreSan Jose: Federal excessive force lawsuit from George Floyd protests is greenlit for trialVast majority of criminal charges against juveniles, adults are now discharged, but civil lawsuit against San Francisco will proceed.
Read MoreSF drops most Dolores hill bomb cases — but will investigate furtherThe Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF), and its Center for Protest Law & Litigation, welcomes Rachel Lederman as Senior Counsel to lead its new West Coast office based in Oakland, Calif.
Read MorePCJF Welcomes Senior Counsel Rachel Lederman to Lead West Coast Operations
