PCJF Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard was interviewed on Dec. 4 on KPFA’s “Flashpoints” (Pacifica). She discussed Charles Ramsey’s history as chief of D.C. police, the…
Ramsey refused to answer questions about unconstitutional practices in police domestic spying operation PCJF calls for his removal from presidential task force The President has…
Read the full article at the New York Times website. The following is an excerpt. WASHINGTON — President Obama, grappling with how to respond to the…
Reprint from Alternet Philadelphia Police Chief Charles Ramsey, one of two co-chairs appointed by President Obama to head a commission on ways to demilitarize local…
Scattered protests shut down traffic around the District for a third day Monday, with demonstrators lying in roadways and blocking highways to protest the grand…
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Be On the Look Out Alert’ Rescinded; Law Enforcement Instructed that BOLO is ‘Not Operational’ The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund is pleased to announce…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…