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The Guardian: At least 19 cities will pay settlements to protesters who sustained injuries as a result of law enforcement action
Read MoreUS cities to pay record $80m to people injured in 2020 racial justice protestsLawsuit challenges D.C. MPD’s December 12, 2020, attack on peaceful BLM demonstrators while Proud Boys were allowed to maraud throughout D.C.
Read MorePCJF Files Federal Lawsuit Over D.C. Police Attack and False Arrest at Black Lives Matter PlazaThe 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.
Read MoreLawsuit Claims DC Police Trampled Rights of Demonstrators in 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."
Read MorePCJF Files Federal Lawsuit Against DC for MPD’s Indiscriminate and Violent Use of Less Lethal Weapons Against Racial Justice ProtestsThree 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.
Read MoreProtesters Sue D.C. Police Over Tactics During Racial Justice Protests In 2020The Washington Post covers PCJF's lawsuit against MPD for retaliating against racial justice protestors with mass police violence.
Read MoreD.C. sued for police use of force during 2020 racial justice protestsThe PCJF filed a lawsuit against D.C. MPD to force disclosure of records under D.C.’s Freedom of Information Act, involving the department's violent response to racial justice demonstrations against police misconduct throughout 2020.
Read MorePCJF Sues D.C Police Department for Withholding Information on Police Violence Against Racial Justice ProtestsToday, a Minnesota court issued a ruling protecting an Indigenous-led camp of Line 3 opponents from Hubbard County’s unlawful blockades and targeted harassment.
Read MoreVictory! Court Rules MN Sheriff’s Blockade of Line 3 Water Protector Camp Was Illegal and Bars Ongoing Efforts to Obstruct AccessCPLL and counsel Melinda Power filed a lawsuit against the Dolton Police Department in Illinois for illegally arresting a protestor who called police "fucking pig."
Read MoreCenter for Protest Law and Litigation Files Federal Lawsuit Against Dolton Police for Violating Protestor’s Constitutional RightsDocuments obtained by the PCJF show Trump's demands to use the the Lincoln Memorial for political purposes "set off chaos," Raw Story reports.
Read MoreTrump stuck taxpayers with $150K bill for ‘clearly illegal’ Fox News event at Lincoln Memorial: report“All they are really doing is putting window dressing on something that is clearly illegal,” PCJF Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard told The Washington Post.
Read MoreDocuments show how Trump landed Lincoln Memorial for Fox News eventIn May 2020, President Trump violated the rules governing the use of the Lincoln Memorial in order to use the solemn chamber for his own vanity project: a prime-time interview with FOX News.
Read MorePCJF Exposes Records on Trump’s Unlawful 2020 Use of the Lincoln Memorial Chamber for FOX Interview; Secret Service Email Called it a “$#!t show”
