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San Francisco Sued Over Police Crackdown on Dolores Park Skating Event

December 20, 2023

A group of teenagers are suing over San Francisco’s police crackdown on the Dolores Park Hill Bomb, a yearly skating event that this past summer led to mass arrests of more than 100 people—most of them children.

December 20, 2023

Excerpt from The San Francisco Chronicle By David Hernandez | Read the full article here. Four teens filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking class-action status against…

December 20, 2023

Parents said they would sue over July’s draconian mass arrest of 117 people (83 of them minors) during this year’s Dolores Hill Bomb skateboarding meetup, and that lawsuit against the SFPD has now arrived.

December 19, 2023

The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund filed a federal civil rights class lawsuit against San Francisco and police commanders on behalf of children and young adults arrested in July 2023 at a community event that occurred in Dolores Park in San Francisco, California.

December 19, 2023

October 20, 2023

In September 2023, racial justice protestors injured by San José Police during 2020 protests received a $3.35 million settlement from the city

October 20, 2023

The PCJF filed a civil rights claim in October 2023 against the City and County of San Francisco, challenging the illegal and unconstitutional arrest and detention of 113 young people. The PCJF is currently preparing to file a federal civil rights class action lawsuit against San Francisco and police commanders.

October 4, 2023

The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund filed a civil rights claim in October 2023 against the City of San Francisco and members of its police…

October 3, 2023

The parents of teenagers caught in the July Dolores Park “hill bomb” mass arrests filed a claim against San Francisco on Monday alleging that police officials violated their childrens’ constitutional rights.

September 28, 2023

Lederman, an attorney with the Center for Protest Law and Litigation, said that a jury should decide whether it was objectionably reasonable for officers to bombard hundreds of individuals with high-pressure water hoses, impact munitions, explosives, and chemical agents for ten hours

September 22, 2023

In her arguments before the Eighth Circuit Tuesday, attorney Rachel Lederman said Traynor had taken far too much of law enforcement’s side of the story at face value.

September 13, 2023

San Jose will pay more than $3 million to a group of people who sued the city and police department over injuries they suffered during the infamous 2020 George Floyd demonstrations downtown.

Police Misconduct

San Francisco Sued Over Police Crackdown on Dolores Park Skating Event

Teens sue S.F. police alleging ‘illegal’ arrests after skateboard event that turned chaotic

SFPD Hit With the Inevitable Lawsuit Over ‘Dolores Hill Bomb’ Mass Arrest of 81 Minors

PCJF Files Class Action Lawsuit Against San Francisco for its Treatment and Illegal Arrest of More Than 100 Children and Young Adults

Tawasha (San Francisco) – Federal Civil Rights Class Action Complaint 2023

San José’s Brutal Use of Weapons Against Racial Justice Protestors

San Francisco Police’s Illegal Arrest of Children and Youth at Skateboarding Event

Tawasha (San Francisco) – Civil Rights Tort Claim 2023

Parents of Dolores Park hill bomb teens file civil rights claim

Federal Appeals Court Hears Case of Excessive Force by Law Enforcement at Standing Rock

Injured Standing Rock protesters press 8th Circuit to revive suit

San Jose approves $3.3 million settlement for George Floyd protest injuries

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