Reprint from DCist.com Thirteen years after nearly 400 protesters were arrested in a mass sweep at Pershing Park, a proposed $2.2 million settlement would reform how…
The PCJF and Obama administration reached a $2.2 million settlement, with agreements for Park Police to ban police lines encircling protestors, requirements of probable cause…
From Democracy Now The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund has announced an unprecedented settlement with the Obama administration to change the way the U.S. Park Police…
Reprint from the Huffington Post WASHINGTON — On Monday morning, the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund announced that it had reached a historic $2.2 million settlement with…
Reprint from WASHINGTON (WUSA9) A $2.2 million settlement has been reached over the 2002 arrest of nearly 400 people in D.C.. The arrests were made in…
Reprint from the Associated Press — A proposed $2.2 million settlement of a case that started with the arrests of hundreds of protesters in 2002 would change…
Model for ‘best practices’ in policing demonstrations U.S. District Court issues preliminary approval for class action settlement After more than 12 years of class-action litigation,…
PCJF asked the Second Circuit to re-hear the appeal en-banc in the case Garcia v. Bloomberg, challenging the mass arrest of Occupy protesters on the…
By Peter Rugh for Waging Nonviolence The New York Police Department has reportedly been giving young adults free tickets to screenings of “Selma,” and last month, on Martin Luther King…
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund condemns the decision of the New York City government to target free speech activity with a newly created NYPD…
The Justice Department is appealing a court decision that would make Plan B available to women of all ages without a prescription Reprinted from The Week…
Calls for his removal based on history as mass violator of civil rights The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) condemned President Obama’s appointment of…