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Emergency Lawsuit Filed by Indigenous Water Protectors Against MN Sheriff to Stop Police Blockade of Camp at Line 3

Major Free Speech Win by PCJF and CAIR: Court Rules Georgia’s Anti-BDS Law is Unconstitutional

Line 3 Letter: CPLL Challenges “Outrageous” Violations of Water Protectors’ First Amendment Rights Opposing Line 3
The Center for Protest Law and Litigation is demanding that police and government officials at the site of the Line 3 pipeline expansion in Aitkin County, MN…

Center for Protest Law & Litigation Challenges Officials’ “Outrageous” Violations of First Amendment Rights of Water Protectors Opposing Line 3
Demands Immediate Cessation of Denial of Access to Public Park and Campaign of Threats, Harassment and Retaliation; Challenges Conflict of Interest of Enbridge Corp. Funding…

PCJF and the Center for Protest Law and Litigation Demand Full Investigation into Police Collusion at U.S. Capitol Attack
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund and the Center for Protest Law and Litigation are demanding a fully public investigation into the federal and local police planning…

In the Mercenaries’ Own Words: Documents Detail TigerSwan Infiltration of Standing Rock
Excerpt from The Intercept | Read the full article at here. The weekend before Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, a secret private security…

Protesters Were Supposed To Hear Warnings Before Federal Police Moved In. They Didn’t
PCJF’s Mara Verheyden-Hilliard spoke with NPR’s Morning Edition about the police clearing of Lafayette Park. As heard on NPR’s Morning Editionwith Dina Temple-RastonSept. 11, 2020 Federal police…

Long-Awaited Win for Water Protectors

Lafayette Square Was Just the Beginning: Trump and Barr Turn to the “Occupy Model” to Crush Protests Against Police Brutality

States Have Put 54 New Restrictions on Peaceful Protests Since Ferguson

Wash Post: U.S. Park Police Standards Imposed Through Litigation Violated by Lafayette Park Assault
Excerpt from The Washington Post | Read the full article here. Mara Verheyden-Hilliard said that if the police offensive was, as it appeared, an effort…