Huffington Post: Brooklyn Bridge Mass Arrest Lawsuit Can Proceed, Appeals Court Rules
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…
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Interim Victory for Free Speech: Federal Court Rejects City’s Motion to Dismiss First Amendment Lawsuit
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…
Fusion Centers Approached 2011 Black Friday Consumer Boycott Like a Terrorist Threat
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…
NY Times: Officials Cast Wide Net in Monitoring Occupy Protests
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.…
Exposed: The Hidden Role of Fusion Centers in the Nationwide Spying Operation Against Occupy
“Counter-terrorism” agencies’ domestic spying on free speech activity The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-funded Fusion Centers used their vast anti-terrorism and anti-crime authority and funding…
National police chiefs collaborated with counter-terrorism Fusion Center targeting peaceful protest
First order of business for police chiefs’ intelligence-sharing subcommittee: Occupy The documents reveal that the police chiefs of major U.S. cities created an “Emerging Issues”…
NSA Programs Have No Constitutional Leg to Stand On
Tell Congress to Follow the Oversight Board’s Recommendations and End Bulk Surveillance! PCJF statement on Oversight Board report By Carl Messineo, Legal Director andMara Verheyden-Hilliard,…
McClatchy: No one is Sure How Public Advocate at Spy Court Would Work
Reprinted from McClatchy DC Serious questions shadow President Barack Obama’s proposal to add a public advocate to the secret court that oversees surveillance programs. The public…
CNN: Anti-NSA Activists Don’t Like Obama Speech
Reprinted from CNN In a development that should surprise absolutely no one, anti-NSA activists were quick Friday to say that President Barack Obama’s efforts to limit…
Tables turn against prosecutor in Mike Brown case
Community activists and civil rights organizations have filed a petition Jan. 15 with the Missouri State Circuit Court to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate…
Group Buys Metro Bus Ad Thanking Edward Snowden
Reprinted from The Washington Post A free-speech advocacy group wants to show its appreciation to Edward Snowden, the former U.S. intelligence contractor who publicly disclosed secret…
Politico: Edward Snowden pic coming to D.C. buses
Reprinted from Politico Edward Snowden will soon be following Washingtonians around D.C. — or at least his face will. The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund announced…