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PCJF Welcomes Senior Counsel Rachel Lederman to Lead West Coast Operations

The 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.

Community outrage over SFPD response to skateboarding event continues to boil over

The community outrage over the San Francisco Police Department's response to an unsanctioned skateboarding event over the weekend continues.

‘A Step Backward’: SF Police Commission Questions Mass Arrest at Skateboarding Event

“There’s a lot of interest in suing and challenging this police misconduct to prevent something like this from happening again,” said Rachel Lederman, senior counsel at the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund.

You’re Detained as a Spectator at an Event Like the Dolores ‘Hill Bomb.’ What Are Your Legal Rights?

An excerpt from article by KQUED. Read the full story here. San Francisco police arrested over a hundred people in the city’s Mission District Saturday night at an annual “hill bomb” event, where skaters and bikers ride down Dolores Street. Most…

Parents, livid over SFPD arrests of teens at Dolores hill bomb, vow lawsuits

Rachel Lederman, a long-time civil rights attorney now with the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, has spoken to some two dozen parents, teenagers, and young adults, she said, gathering information about the Saturday arrests for a possible civil lawsuit.

PCJF Demands San Francisco Police Be Held Accountable for Attacking Children at Community Gathering and that All Charges Be Dropped

The SFPD is charging the children and young people with incitement to riot and conspiracy among other charges. The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund demands these charges be dropped immediately.

A D.C. Cop Allegedly Helped the Proud Boys. Why Hasn’t Liberal Washington Done More About It?

An excerpt from Politico Magazine. To read the full article, click here. The explosive indictment of a District of Columbia police officer accused of aiding the Proud Boys ricocheted through the headlines this week: Before the Jan. 6 riot, Lieutenant Shane…

US cities to pay record $80m to people injured in 2020 racial justice protests

The Guardian: At least 19 cities will pay settlements to protesters who sustained injuries as a result of law enforcement action

PCJF Files Federal Lawsuit Over D.C. Police Attack and False Arrest at Black Lives Matter Plaza

Lawsuit challenges D.C. MPD’s December 12, 2020, attack on peaceful BLM demonstrators while Proud Boys were allowed to maraud throughout D.C.

Lawsuit Claims DC Police Trampled Rights of Demonstrators in Justice Protests

The PCJF and its project, the Center for Protest Law & Litigation has filed a federal lawsuit against the District of Columbia and the Metropolitan Police Department’s alleged indiscriminate, violent use of less lethal weapons against racial justice protesters.

PCJF Files Federal Lawsuit Against DC for MPD’s Indiscriminate and Violent Use of Less Lethal Weapons Against Racial Justice Protests

The PCJF and its Center for Protest Law & Litigation, filed a federal lawsuit against the District of Columbia challenging MPD's “repressive and violent tactics including the authorized indiscriminate use of ‘less lethal’ projectile weapons against peaceful protestors and bystanders."

Protesters Sue D.C. Police Over Tactics During Racial Justice Protests In 2020

Three protesters are suing the Metropolitan Police Department over its alleged use of non-lethal weapons and projectiles like stinger grenades, rubber bullets, and flash bang devices against racial justice protesters in the summer of 2020, the DCist reports.