5 Freedom-Killing Tactics Police Will Use to Crack Down on Protests in 2012
Many cities and police forces are eyeing new ways to crack down on protesters Reprinted from AlterNet The First Amendment right to assemble and protest…
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PCJF Opposes Blatantly Unconstitutional Anti-Protest Law
Executive Director to Testify at D.C. Council Hearing Today Opposing Bill 19-645: Criminal Code Amendments Act of 2012 that targets demonstrators and the Occupy movement…
Control of the Mall’s Union Square changes hands
Reprinted from Washington Post Union Square, the photogenic parcel of the Mall that the National Park Service had envisioned as a First Amendment demonstration space,…
Occupy Wall Street – Brooklyn Bridge Mass Arrests
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund filed the class action lawsuit over the mass trap and arrest of 700 peaceful Occupy protestors on the Brooklyn Bridge. The lawsuit prevailed in the District Court and again at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which then took the unusual procedural step of vacating its opinion and reversing itself.
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Plaintiffs represented by the PCJF in Garcia v. Bloomberg argue that NYPD’s mass arrest of Occupy protesters on the Brooklyn Bridge in 2011 was unconstitutional.…
U.N. Envoy: U.S. Isn’t Protecting Occupy Protesters’ Rights
Reprinted from Huffington Post WASHINGTON — The United Nations envoy for freedom of expression is drafting an official communication to the U.S. government demanding to…
Civil Rights Lawyers Move to Fight Occupy Evictions Nationwide
Lawyers say authorities are citing obscure codes as pretexts for crackdowns Reprinted from The Guardian | December 1, 2011 Civil rights lawyers are ramping up their…
Letter to District Attorney Cyrus Vance Challenging Mass Arrest of Occupy Protestors 2011
Read MoreLetter to District Attorney Cyrus Vance Challenging Mass Arrest of Occupy Protestors 2011D.C. gov’t rescinds unconstitutional postering rule
Years of litigation lead to free speech victory In a free speech victory for grassroots activists in Washington, D.C., the DC government has been forced…
Judge will allow First Amendment challenge to rules governing political posters in Washington
Reprinted from Associated Press WASHINGTON — Time limits on how long posters can hang to announce rallies, trumpet issues or plug candidates in Washington are…
D.C. lamppost sign regulations may be unconstitutional, judge says
Reprinted from Washington Post District regulations governing how long signs can remain affixed to city lampposts are unconstitutional and need to be rewritten, a federal…
Federal Court Ruling on Constitutional Challenge to Postering Regulations in Washington, D.C.
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund’s four-year-long battle to overturn the District of Columbia’s unconstitutional postering regulations has resulted in a significant ruling today for…