A petition is filed to appoint a special prosecutor for State Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch, detailing his gross misconduct during grand jury proceedings in the case of Darren Wilson.

Montana attorney Brian Kahn gave 20 judges legal documents from the case, including the 2005 three-judge unanimous decision overturning the Five’s conviction and the facts of the Miami journalists who received U.S. government pay during the trial.

While New York Mayor Bill de Blasio publicly expresses sympathy with protesters over Eric Garner’s death, the city’s Law Department is seeking new authority to make mass arrests at protests.

Take action at @thePCJF website - officials responsible for the CIA torture program must be held accountable.

Mara Verheyden-Hilliard spoke with Bruce DePuyt of News 8 NewsTalk on the subjects of Mike Brown, Eric Garner and police misconduct.

She discussed Charles Ramsey's history as chief of D.C. police, the long struggle to protect civil liberties in the District, and his recent appointment to lead the presidential police reform commission.

Ramsey, who was also recently brought in as a consultant for the Ferguson PD after the unrest in that city, has a record marked by excessive force, false arrests, and complete disregard for constitutional rights.

Mara Verheyden-Hilliard of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund interviewed by Law and Disorder Radio (mp3)

Closing the White House sidewalk or Pennsylvania Avenue to protest, or setting up checkpoints, would be an outrageous assault on free speech rights in the United States.