Bloomberg News: Secret Service Erects Extra Barrier to Buffer White House
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…
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PCJF condemns proposals to close White House area to protests
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…
Important victory in case of Ray McGovern’s brutal arrest
Be On the Look Out Alert’ Rescinded; Law Enforcement Instructed that BOLO is ‘Not Operational’ The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund is pleased to announce…
McClatchy DC: Public to Secret Service at White House: Don’t fence us out
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…
Huffington Post: Outside Chiefs Called To Help Ferguson Police ‘Make Better Decisions’
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…
Major Free Speech Court Victory in Brooklyn Bridge Occupy Mass Arrest Class Action
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…
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…
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”…