Deploying riot-gear officers in D.C. against peaceful protest is illegalCivil rights group will monitor upcoming #DCFerguson protests D.C. local media is reporting that Police Chief…
Reprinted from The Hill Civil liberties advocates are sounding the alarm amid reports that federal authorities may impose new restrictions to public access around the…
Reprinted from Bloomberg News The U.S. Secret Service today erected a temporary extra barrier outside the White House as it reviews how a trespasser managed to…
An outrageous assault on free speech “The Secret Service’s security failures inside the perimeter of the White House grounds do not provide a legitimate basis…
Be On the Look Out Alert’ Rescinded; Law Enforcement Instructed that BOLO is ‘Not Operational’ The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund is pleased to announce…
Reprinted from McClatchy DC WASHINGTON — Washingtonians are pushing back against suggestions that the U.S. Secret Service might make it harder for the public to…
Reprint from The Huffington Post FERGUSON, Mo. — The head of the Justice Department’s Community Oriented Policing Services is planning to return to St. Louis in…
Federal Court Rules for Protestors In a major victory for free speech rights, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a ruling…
Reprinted from The Huffington Post NEW YORK — Hundreds of people arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge in the early days of the Occupy Wall Street protests…
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund is serving as co-counsel with Southern Legal Counsel challenging unconstitutional restrictions on First Amendment rights imposed by the city…
Counter-terrorism officials partner with corporate retail trade association The documents reveal that Fusion Centers and their personnel even conflate their anti-terrorism mission with a need…
Reprinted from The New York Times When the Occupy protests spread across the country three years ago, state and local law enforcement officials went on alert.…