Police Misconduct
PCJF Files Lawsuit Against DC MPD: Demands No Council Vote on Newsham Without Records Release
PCJF sues D.C. for withholding documents related to Interim Chief Peter Newsham’s handling of January 20th protest The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund announced today…
PCJF Helps Win $125K Judgment for Illegal Public Strip Search
PCJF Opposes Appointment of Free Speech/Civil Rights Violator to be Next D.C. Police Chief
Newsham Commanded Infamous Pershing Park Mass False Arrest of Hundreds of Demonstrators, Reporters, Legal Observers, Tourists and Passers-by Willfully Repeated Violations of the Law Just…
Nominated D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham directed mass unconstitutional arrests
PCJF calls for D.C. Council to reject his appointment Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has today appointed Peter Newsham the Chief of Police. Newsham’s conduct…
U.S. News and World Report: Inauguration Mass Arrest of Protesters, Journalists a Throwback With a Familiar Face, Attorneys Say
Excerpt from U.S. News and World Report | Read the article here. Verheyden-Hilliard says she doubts that standard can be met in the pending case.…
Listen: PCJF’s Carl Messineo: Will Trump Keep Protesters off Federal Grounds?
From KBOO: Guest host Linda Olson-Osterlund is joined by Carl Messineo, Legal Director of The Partnership For Civil Justice Fund. He talks about the efforts…
NPR Audio: No Permits Yet Granted To Expected Inauguration Protesters
Anti-Trump Protesters Upset They Haven’t Been Assigned Inauguration Day Sites Excerpt from NPR. Click here to listen to the report from NPR Thousands of people…
Local ABC 7 Video: Nat’l Park Service accused of blocking inauguration protests near White House, Nat’l Mall
WJLA7 covered the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund at the Dec. 7 press conference exposing the National Park Service and Trump Inauguration Committee’s unconstitutional blocking…
WJLA Video: Legal battle underway for group to protest outside Trump Hotel on Inauguration Day
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — A local group wants to protest outside of the Trump Hotel along the Inauguration Day parade route in Washington, D.C. next January,…
WJLA Video: Legal battle underway for group to protest outside Trump Hotel on Inauguration Day
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — A local group wants to protest outside of the Trump Hotel along the Inauguration Day parade route in Washington, D.C. next January,…
PCJF responds to D.C. government’s withholding of police body camera footage
Evidence introduced in court is generally considered public information, but D.C. attorney general Karl Racine has invented a new legal theory when it comes to…