Pershing Park Settlement Announced
Press Release After more than seven years of class action litigation, the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund today is pleased to announce a victorious settlement…
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“Truly Historic Settlement” Approved in Pershing Park Class Action
Judge says attorneys worked to “protect future generations of protesters.” U.S. Federal Judge Emmet G. Sullivan issued final approval to an $8.25 million class action…
Pershing Park Plaintiffs Speak Out on Settlement
Reprinted from Washington City Paper On September 27, 2002, D.C. Police surrounded some 400 individuals in Pershing Park. Those individuals were rounded up without warning,…
D.C. Agrees to Pershing Park Settlement of $8.25 Million
Reprinted from Legal Times The District of Columbia will pay $8.25 million to settle a class action brought by protesters rounded up in mass arrests…
PCJF First Amendment Cases Spark Investigation
NY Times: ‘Inquiry Raises More Questions in Case of Arrests After ’02 Protest in Capital’ Retired federal judge Stanley Sporkin has issued an investigative report…
DC agrees to pay $13M over arrests of protesters
Reprinted from The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia said Monday it has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a…
City to Settle Mass Arrest Class Action for $13.7 Million
Reprinted from Legal Times The District of Columbia has agreed to pay $13.7 million to settle a class action suit brought by protesters arrested during…
Detective says chief ordered mass arrests
Reprinted from The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A police detective alleges that former Washington Police Chief Charles Ramsey, despite past denials, ordered mass arrests of…
PCJF wins settlement in illegal arrest case in D.C.
Peaceful protestors targeted for wearing black The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) is pleased to announce a victorious settlement on behalf of eight people…
Ramsey, Gainer Should Not Sit on Any Independent Review of Gates Arrest
Chiefs Responsible for More Than 1,000 False Arrests The arrest of Harvard history professor Henry Louis Gates in his home in Cambridge sparked a nationwide…
Pershing Park Runaround: District owes answers about city lawyers’ alleged misconduct
Reprinted from The Washington Post The August 6 Washington Post editorial on the mass arrests of peaceful protestors in Washington, D.C. in 2002 echoes Federal…
Federal Judge to D.C.: ‘There will be significant prices to pay’
Reprinted from Legal Times U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan blasted the District of Columbia Attorney General’s Office at a hearing earlier this week, calling the…