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LaFontaine v. Rudolph – Litigation Complaint 2023

March 23, 2023

The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) and its Center for Protest Law & Litigation filed a federal lawsuit against officers with the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) for violating the constitutional rights of Ross LaFontaine.

March 23, 2023

Lawsuit challenges D.C. MPD’s December 12, 2020, attack on peaceful BLM demonstrators while Proud Boys were allowed to maraud throughout D.C.

March 7, 2023

MPD officers used a false arrest as a thin excuse to storm BLM Plaza while creating widespread disarray and disruption of peaceful First Amendment activities.

February 28, 2023

The PCJF and its project, the Center for Protest Law & Litigation has filed a federal lawsuit against the District of Columbia and the Metropolitan Police Department’s alleged indiscriminate, violent use of less lethal weapons against racial justice protesters.

February 22, 2023

The PCJF and its Center for Protest Law & Litigation, filed a federal lawsuit against the District of Columbia challenging MPD's “repressive and violent tactics including the authorized indiscriminate use of ‘less lethal’ projectile weapons against peaceful protestors and bystanders."

February 22, 2023

Three protesters are suing the Metropolitan Police Department over its alleged use of non-lethal weapons and projectiles like stinger grenades, rubber bullets, and flash bang devices against racial justice protesters in the summer of 2020, the DCist reports.

February 22, 2023

The Washington Post covers PCJF's lawsuit against MPD for retaliating against racial justice protestors with mass police violence.

September 13, 2022

Today, a Minnesota court issued a ruling protecting an Indigenous-led camp of Line 3 opponents from Hubbard County’s unlawful blockades and targeted harassment.

September 7, 2022

The PCJF, along with EarthRights International, and local counsel Jason Steck, won a major victory in support of water protectors, with a court ruling that in 2021, the Hubbard County Sheriff unlawfully blockaded access to a camp serving as a home for Indigenous-led organizing and religious activities.

August 31, 2022

CPLL and counsel Melinda Power filed a lawsuit against the Dolton Police Department in Illinois for illegally arresting a protestor who called police "fucking pig."

August 31, 2022

The Center for Protest Law & Litigation and counsel Melinda Power of Chicago’s West Town Law Office filed lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the…

July 6, 2022

The legal team representing the Water Protectors, who were violently attacked by police while protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016, filed an appeal in…

Movement Defense

LaFontaine v. Rudolph – Litigation Complaint 2023

PCJF Files Federal Lawsuit Over D.C. Police Attack and False Arrest at Black Lives Matter Plaza

Lawsuit Filed Over Police Attack and False Arrest at BLM Plaza

Lawsuit Claims DC Police Trampled Rights of Demonstrators in Justice Protests

PCJF Files Federal Lawsuit Against DC for MPD’s Indiscriminate and Violent Use of Less Lethal Weapons Against Racial Justice Protests

Protesters Sue D.C. Police Over Tactics During Racial Justice Protests In 2020

D.C. sued for police use of force during 2020 racial justice protests

Victory! Court Rules MN Sheriff’s Blockade of Line 3 Water Protector Camp Was Illegal and Bars Ongoing Efforts to Obstruct Access

Line 3 Blockade – Order on Motion for Summary Judgment 2022

Center for Protest Law and Litigation Files Federal Lawsuit Against Dolton Police for Violating Protestor’s Constitutional Rights

Manjee (Dolton) Complaint – 2022

Standing Rock (Dundon) – Appellants’ Reply Brief 2022

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