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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.

D.C. sued for police use of force during 2020 racial justice protests

The Washington Post covers PCJF's lawsuit against MPD for retaliating against racial justice protestors with mass police violence.

PCJF Sues D.C Police Department for Withholding Information on Police Violence Against Racial Justice Protests

The 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.

Victory! Court Rules MN Sheriff’s Blockade of Line 3 Water Protector Camp Was Illegal and Bars Ongoing Efforts to Obstruct Access

Today, a Minnesota court issued a ruling protecting an Indigenous-led camp of Line 3 opponents from Hubbard County’s unlawful blockades and targeted harassment.

Center for Protest Law and Litigation Files Federal Lawsuit Against Dolton Police for Violating Protestor’s Constitutional Rights

CPLL and counsel Melinda Power filed a lawsuit against the Dolton Police Department in Illinois for illegally arresting a protestor who called police "fucking pig."

Trump stuck taxpayers with $150K bill for ‘clearly illegal’ Fox News event at Lincoln Memorial: report

Documents obtained by the PCJF show Trump's demands to use the the Lincoln Memorial for political purposes "set off chaos," Raw Story reports.

Documents show how Trump landed Lincoln Memorial for Fox News event

“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.

PCJF Exposes Records on Trump’s Unlawful 2020 Use of the Lincoln Memorial Chamber for FOX Interview; Secret Service Email Called it a “$#!t show”

In 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.

UPDATE: Victory for Line 3 Water Protectors! Court issues restraining order against Hubbard County & Sheriff to end police blockade of Line 3 camp

A Minnesota court granted the emergency temporary restraining order we sought on behalf of Indigenous water protectors against Hubbard County, Sheriff Cory Aukes, and the local land commissioner in northern Minnesota.