By Sam EiflingReprint from The New Republic The New York Police Department announced this week a new approach to community policing. By Commissioner Bill Bratton’s account, the new strategy…
Reprint from The Huffington Post The New York Police Department is developing a new anti-terrorism unit that will be deployed, in part, to contend with protestors.…
Calls for his removal based on history as mass violator of civil rights The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) condemned President Obama’s appointment of…
Reprint from The Gothamist NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton has vowed to avoid mass arrests of the Black Lives Matter protesters who have been shutting down bridges and…
Excerpt from the Huffington Post WASHINGTON — As several dozen demonstrators began to march from the White House to Dupont Circle early Monday evening, squad cars…
Reprint from The Washington Post As a veteran big-city police chief, Charles H. Ramsey has sometimes been at the center of controversy. The man selected…
PCJF Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard was interviewed on Dec. 4 on KPFA’s “Flashpoints” (Pacifica). She discussed Charles Ramsey’s history as chief of D.C. police, the…
Ramsey refused to answer questions about unconstitutional practices in police domestic spying operation PCJF calls for his removal from presidential task force The President has…
Read the full article at the New York Times website. The following is an excerpt. WASHINGTON — President Obama, grappling with how to respond to the…
Reprint from Alternet Philadelphia Police Chief Charles Ramsey, one of two co-chairs appointed by President Obama to head a commission on ways to demilitarize local…
Scattered protests shut down traffic around the District for a third day Monday, with demonstrators lying in roadways and blocking highways to protest the grand…
Deploying riot-gear officers in D.C. against peaceful protest is illegalCivil rights group will monitor upcoming #DCFerguson protests D.C. local media is reporting that Police Chief…