Movement Defense
Organization Accuses D.C. of Hyping Occupy-Related Costs
Reprinted from DCist The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, a civil-rights watchdog group, released yesterday a set of emails from District officials that it claims as…
Occupy Wall Street Monitored By U.S. Conference Of Mayors, Emails Show
Reprinted from Huffington Post WASHINGTON— After denying that they are coordinating responses to Occupy Wall Street, the U.S. Conference of Mayors recently surveyed city administrations across the country…
Michael Moore Joins PCJF in OWS FOIA Effort Seeking Records on Occupy Crackdown
Demands Seek Disclosure of Federal and Local Coordination The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) announced today that it is being joined by award-winning filmmaker…
Documents Reveal DC Mayor Gray, U.S. Conference of Mayors Dramatizing and Inflating Cost of Occupy DC to the District
Revelations Come in Wake of DC Officials Testimony at Rep. Issa’s Hearings As the Mayor of the District of Columbia came to the aid of…
Documents Reveal DC Mayor Gray, U.S. Conference of Mayors Dramatizing and Inflating Cost of Occupy DC to the District
Costs rise from $21,000 to $1.6 million in 15 days As the Mayor of the District of Columbia came to the aid of Tea Party…
Nonprofit Wants to Know if CIA Is Responsible for Evicting Occupy Camps
Reprinted from SF Weekly That’s been the rumor circulated among groups of Occupiers who were rousted from their encampments over the last month — from New York to…
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.
Read MoreOccupy Wall Street – Brooklyn Bridge Mass ArrestsBrooklyn Bridge (Garcia) – Second Amended Complaint 2011
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.…
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 2011PCJF Responds to Police Threat to Sue Protestors
Reprinted from Huffington Post NEW YORK — A union representing 5,000 New York City Police Department sergeants blasted Occupy Wall Street protesters on Thursday and threatened…
Occupy Wall Street Mass Arrest Resembles Infamous, Costly Police Tactic, Critics Say
Reprinted from Huffington Post October 4, 2011 WASHINGTON — Ben Becker, 27, sat in the back of a police-commandeered transit bus on Saturday night, his hands…