Court Rules D.C. Checkpoints Are Unconstitutional
Major Victory for Civil Rights! The following press release was just sent out explaining the details and political importance of the checkpoints case: In an…
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D.C. Checkpoint (Mills v. D.C.) – Court of Appeals Opinion 2009
The PCJF filed the successful lawsuit challenging the military-style checkpoint program whereby police could surround a targeted neighborhood, interrogate people without suspicion, and prohibit entry to those persons who lack a police-defined "legitimate reason" for driving into the neighborhood.
Appeals court rejects DC police checkpoints
Reprinted from The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court said Friday that police checkpoints in a crime-plagued Washington neighborhood are unconstitutional and…
PCJF Files FOIA Request After Police Killing in Trinidad
Demands Public Disclosure of Park Police/FBI/MPD Operation In response to reports that a resident of the District was shot in the back and killed last…
PCJF files Freedom of Information Act Demand About Imprisonment, Interrogation, and Sudden Death of Bush’s ‘Smoking Gun’ Witness
Detainee’s statements derived under torture used to sell the Iraq invasion The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) filed a Freedom of Information Act request…
Lawyer Argues Against D.C. Checkpoints
"It is beyond the ordinary from anything we have seen this department do and beyond the ordinary of anything we have seen the Supreme Court recognize," said Mara Verheyden-Hilliard.
Appeals Court Considers DC vehicle Checkpoints
Reprinted from The Associated Press The Partnership for Civil Justice sued the city in June after police began stopping cars and screening drivers and their…
Group Appeals Ruling on Police Checkpoints
In October, U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon refused to grant an injunction and strongly endorsed the checkpoints. The Partnership for Civil Justice appealed.
Report on U.S. Court of Appeals Hearing on D.C. Checkpoint Appeal
A civil rights lawyer arguing against a D.C. anti-crime measure in which police barricade neighborhoods and stop drivers seemed to find a receptive audience today at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
D.C. Circuit Appellate Brief Filed Opposing Unconstitutional Police Checkpoint Program
The Partnership for Civil Justice, a Washington DC-based civil rights and legal organization, has filed an opening appellate brief in the D.C. Circuit Court of…