Police Misconduct

Last Friday afternoon, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia dismissed charges against the 39 remaining J20 Inauguration Day protesters under indictment.

Charges against last 39 people arrested over their alleged involvement in a Trump Inauguration Day rally were dismissed, per Al Jazeera News.

The Government’s case against the J20 defendants is falling apart, The Intercept reports.

Alex Rubinstein, an independent journalist falsely arrested during the “J20” protests at the Trump inauguration, interviews PCJF Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard.

“For there to be a truly independent investigation, it would need to be through an entity that has no ties to police departments, police officials, or former police officials," Mara Verheyden-Hilliard told The Intercept. 

Seven people mass-arrested during President Trump’s inauguration in January stand trial next week in a major test for prosecutors, the Washington Examiner reports.

In preparation for the inauguration of Donald Trump, the Metropolitan Police Department spent around $300,000 on equipment like smoke bombs, stinger rounds, rubber baton rounds, and other “less-lethal” munitions.