PCJF 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…
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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.
J20 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.
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
A D.C. man has won a $125,000 judgment after he was strip-searched by a Laurel, Maryland police officer in 2014 -- an incident that police officials initially denied ever happened.
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…