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On June 16, 2023, The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF), and its Center for Protest Law & Litigation, filed an opposition to the defendants' Motion to Dismiss in Ferris v. D.C.
Read MoreFerris et al v. D.C. – Opposition to Motion to Dismiss 2023Throughout 2020, the D.C. MPD conducted a widespread and forceful assault on protestors taking to the street of the District to rally against racist police violence. The PCJF seeks to end the MPD’s unconstitutional and punitive tactics of indiscriminately deploying less lethal weapons into crowds of persons engaged in First Amendment protected activities.
Read MoreFederal Lawsuit to Stop DC MPD’s Indiscriminate and Violent Use of Less Lethal WeaponsIn Ferris et. al v. D.C., the PCJF is challenging MPD's use of indiscriminate less lethal munitions against protestors.
Read MoreFerris et al v. D.C. – Litigation Complaint 2023The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) and its Center for Protest Law & Litigation filed a federal lawsuit against officers with the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) for violating the constitutional rights of Ross LaFontaine.
Read MoreLaFontaine v. Rudolph – Litigation Complaint 2023Lawsuit 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 PlazaMPD officers used a false arrest as a thin excuse to storm BLM Plaza while creating widespread disarray and disruption of peaceful First Amendment activities.
Read MoreLawsuit Filed Over Police Attack and False Arrest at BLM 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 ProtestsA racial justice protestor was falsely arrested at a demonstration protesting the murder of Alexis Wilson by Dolton Illinois police.
Read MoreIllinois Protestor Wrongfully Arrested After Calling Police Officer a “Fascist Pig”
