Judge approves settlement over U.S. Park Police’s handling of protests
Excerpt from The Washington Post Ending a 13-year legal struggle, a federal judge gave final approval Monday to a settlement in which the federal government…
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Huffington Post: D.C. Police Failed to Identify Themselves in Hundreds of Cases
Reprint from The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia’s Office of Police Complaints issued a scathing report this week on how officers with the Metropolitan Police Department continually…
DCist: $2.2 Million Settlement Would Reform How the Park Police Handles Mass Protests
Reprint from DCist.com Thirteen years after nearly 400 protesters were arrested in a mass sweep at Pershing Park, a proposed $2.2 million settlement would reform how…
Democracy Now: D.C. Park Police Agree to Reform Mass Arrests
From Democracy Now The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund has announced an unprecedented settlement with the Obama administration to change the way the U.S. Park Police…
Huffington Post: U.S. Park Police Enters Historic Settlement Over Mass Arrest
Reprint from the Huffington Post WASHINGTON — On Monday morning, the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund announced that it had reached a historic $2.2 million settlement with…
WUSA9/CBS: $2.2. million settlement reached over 2002 mass arrests
Reprint from WASHINGTON (WUSA9) A $2.2 million settlement has been reached over the 2002 arrest of nearly 400 people in D.C.. The arrests were made in…
Associated Press: Settlement Would Change US Park Police Mass Arrest Policies
Reprint from the Associated Press — A proposed $2.2 million settlement of a case that started with the arrests of hundreds of protesters in 2002 would change…
PCJF and U.S. Gov’t reach $2.2 million settlement over 2002 mass arrests, includes landmark reforms in U.S. Park Police practices
Model for ‘best practices’ in policing demonstrations U.S. District Court issues preliminary approval for class action settlement After more than 12 years of class-action litigation,…
Waging Nonviolence: How Activists Are Responding to the NYPD’s Attempts to Thwart Black Lives Matter
By Peter Rugh for Waging Nonviolence The New York Police Department has reportedly been giving young adults free tickets to screenings of “Selma,” and last month, on Martin Luther King…
The Guardian: New NYPD unit armed with ‘machine guns’ criticised by reform advocates
Reprinted from The Guardian The creation of a new counter-terrorism unit within the NYPD, which will be armed with “machine guns” and tasked with policing protests as…
NYPD Commissioner Bratton compares Black Lives Matter protests to Paris and Mumbai terrorist attack
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund condemns the decision of the New York City government to target free speech activity with a newly created NYPD…
New Republic: The NYPD Is Giving Cops Machine Guns to Control Peaceful Protests
By Sam EiflingReprint from The New Republic The New York Police Department announced this week a new approach to community policing. By Commissioner Bill Bratton’s account, the new strategy…