Judge Rules Against Police in Brooklyn Bridge Arrests
Reprinted from The New York Times A federal judge ruled Thursday that the police did not adequately warn Occupy Wall Street protesters against walking on the…
Reprinted from The New York Times A federal judge ruled Thursday that the police did not adequately warn Occupy Wall Street protesters against walking on the…
Reprinted from Gothamist Last fall, more than 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested after they marched onto the Brooklyn Bridge. Protesters sued the city, claiming that police lured…
In an opinion issued late today, US District Judge Jed Rakoff ruled that New York Police Department officers are not entitled to qualified immunity from…
U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff ruled that NYPD officers were not entitled to qualified immunity in the case of Garcia v. Bloomberg. The case, in…
Reprinted from The Associated Press A judge gave the green light Thursday to a lawsuit against police officers in the arrests of 700 Occupy Wall Street…
Part 10 of FOIA documents obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund reveal that the Department of Homeland Security conducted surveillance of the Occupy…
Reprinted from Business Insider Remember the Occupy Movement? Since last November, when the NYPD closed the Zuccotti Park encampment in downtown Manhattan –the Movement’s birthplace and…
Amending the complaint challenging FDA restrictions on emergency contraceptives, the supplement in Tummino v. Hamburg lays out additional evidence as to the safety and efficacy…
The plaintiffs in Tummino v. Hamburg ask the Eastern District of New York to grant a preliminary injunction making emergency contraception available over the counter…
Documents just obtained by the PCJF from its FOIA request show massive nationwide monitoring, surveillance and information sharing between the Department of Homeland Security and…
Reprinted from Huffington Post WASHINGTON— Jai Shankar is no longer wearing the ankle bracelet that had been tracking his every move since 2010. Shankar was ordered to…
Plaintiffs in Tummino v. Hamburg ask the Eastern District of New York to declare that the FDA must make Plan B emergency contraception over-the-counter and…