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.…
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…
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…
Reprinted from New York Times October 4, 2011 A group of people arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge as part of the Occupy Wall Street protests last…
Reprinted from Gawker, By Lauri Apple The Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Partnership for Civil Justice Fund has filed a federal class action lawsuit against New York…
Reprinted from Washington Examiner Here’s something you don’t see every day: D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department has asked the FBI to investigate it. In a recent filing…
The PCJF submitted the second report tracking D.C.’s implementation of policies agreed to in the Barham v. Ramsey settlement related to Pershing Park. In the…
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…
Protesters who were unlawfully detained and arrested at a demonstration in Oakland, California, where they were protesting the killing of Oscar Grant, filed a class…
Federal court hearings on obstruction of justice allegations After eight years of litigation on behalf of the nearly 400 people who were arrested illegally in…