Alternet: Abusive Cop Picked to Head Police Reform Commission
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…
Police Misconduct
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Washington Times: D.C. police handling of Ferguson protesters a far cry from past demonstrations
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…
PCJF response to D.C. Chief Lanier’s ‘chilling’ activation of civil disturbance units for Ferguson protests
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…
Important victory in case of Ray McGovern’s brutal arrest
Be On the Look Out Alert’ Rescinded; Law Enforcement Instructed that BOLO is ‘Not Operational’ The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund is pleased to announce…
Huffington Post: Outside Chiefs Called To Help Ferguson Police ‘Make Better Decisions’
Reprint from The Huffington Post FERGUSON, Mo. — The head of the Justice Department’s Community Oriented Policing Services is planning to return to St. Louis in…
Huffington Post: Brooklyn Bridge Mass Arrest Lawsuit Can Proceed, Appeals Court Rules
Reprinted from The Huffington Post NEW YORK — Hundreds of people arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge in the early days of the Occupy Wall Street protests…
Interim Victory for Free Speech: Federal Court Rejects City’s Motion to Dismiss First Amendment Lawsuit
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund is serving as co-counsel with Southern Legal Counsel challenging unconstitutional restrictions on First Amendment rights imposed by the city…
Tables turn against prosecutor in Mike Brown case
Community activists and civil rights organizations have filed a petition Jan. 15 with the Missouri State Circuit Court to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate…
The Eviction of Occupy Portland, Ore.: A Supremely Political Affair
New Docs Show More Detail into Boston Law Enforcement Focus on Peaceful Protests The latest trove of documents obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice…
As It Spied on Occupy Wall Street, Department of Homeland Security Fixated on Media Coverage
Reprinted from Wall Street On Parade The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) has released new documents it obtained under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)…
Forcing Disclosure of the General and Special Orders of the MPD
For years, the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) secretly operated under a set of general and special orders which it refused to make public or provide to civil rights organizations and lawyers. The PCJF filed suit to disgorge this large body of material that the MPD sought to conceal from the public. After hard-fought litigation in which the MPD’s attorneys at the OAG fought disclosure, the PCJF succeeded in forcing these orders to be revealed to the public with a landmark ruling which pulled back the MPD’s veil of secrecy.
Read MoreForcing Disclosure of the General and Special Orders of the MPDLegal Times: Federal Judge Slams D.C. Lawyers for ‘Orwellian’ Worldview
Reprint By Zoe Tillman, Legal Times Blog Criticizing the D.C. Office of the Attorney General’s “dilatory, wasteful action,” U.S. District Chief Judge Royce Lamberth published…