Standing Rock (Dundon) – Appellant’s Reply Brief 2017
PCJF’s reply brief as they appealed the lower court decision in Dundon v. Kirchmeier to the Eighth Circuit. Click to download the brief.
Police Misconduct
Read MoreStanding Rock (Dundon) – Appellant’s Reply Brief 2017
D.C. Auditor Report on MPD’s Surveillance of Protests- 2017
In a 2017 report by the D.C. Auditor, the office recommended that MPD release public records regarding law enforcement's treatment of protestors to the PCJF.
Read MoreD.C. Auditor Report on MPD’s Surveillance of Protests- 2017Independent Journalist Now Faces 70 Years in Prison After Inauguration Mass Arrest
Alexei Wood live-streamed his every move and utterance to Facebook. Now he’s one of the last journalists to face charges, U.S. News reports.
Read MoreIndependent Journalist Now Faces 70 Years in Prison After Inauguration Mass ArrestPCJF: No Confirmation of Newsham Prior to Independent Investigation – Call the DC Council!
PCJF sent an open letter to DC Council declaring that there should be no confirmation of Newsham prior to independent investigation into police actions of January 20, 2017.
Read MorePCJF: No Confirmation of Newsham Prior to Independent Investigation – Call the DC Council!Free Artistic Expression on Campus Extinguished Under Pressure from FBI Agent’s Association
After exhibiting Rigo23's statue of longtime political prisoner Leonard Peltier, AU immediately capitulated to the FBI Agent's Association's demand that the statue be removed, in the process publicly decapitating the statue and extinguishing free expression.
Read MoreFree Artistic Expression on Campus Extinguished Under Pressure from FBI Agent’s AssociationTrump and Sessions’ War on Consent Decrees and Police Accountability
Carl Messineo, co-founder of The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, appears on Law and Disorder Radio to discuss consent decrees and policing in the U.S.
Read MoreTrump and Sessions’ War on Consent Decrees and Police AccountabilityEsquire: How the Government is Turning Protesters into Felons
Lost between the tumult of Inauguration Day and the spectacle of the Women's March was the arrest of 214 protesters—now facing felony charges and 10 years in prison.
Read MoreEsquire: How the Government is Turning Protesters into FelonsPCJF Joins Legal Team Defending Water Protectors at Standing Rock
The PCJF is proud to be part of the legal team litigating in federal court against the violent, militarized police suppression of Water Protectors at…
PCJF Helps Win $125K Judgment for Illegal Public Strip Search
Reprinted from NBC4 Washington Watch the broadcast video above, featuring an interview with Mara Verheyden-Hilliard A D.C. man has won a $125,000 judgment after he was…
PCJF Testifies Against the Appointment of Peter Newsham as DC Metro Police Chief
PCJF Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard delivers powerful testimony in front of the Washington D.C. Council, Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety, in defense of the…
Laurel Police Officer to Pay $125,000 in Civil Rights Lawsuit
A Laurel police officer has agreed to pay $125,000 to a Hyattsville man, who claims he was strip-searched in public by the officer based on racial profiling during a 2015 traffic stop.
Read MoreLaurel Police Officer to Pay $125,000 in Civil Rights LawsuitJ20 MPD FOIA Complaint – 2017
The PCJF filed a FOIA complaint against D.C. MPD in 2017 over the department's failure to produce records regarding law enforcement's handling of protests against the Trump administration on January 20, 2017.
Read MoreJ20 MPD FOIA Complaint – 2017