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Pages tagged "Police Misconduct"


Protesters Were Supposed To Hear Warnings Before Federal Police Moved In. They Didn't

Posted in Press Coverage · September 18, 2020 8:42 PM
NPR's Morning Edition talks to PCJF's Mara Verheyden-Hilliard about the clearing of peaceful protesters from Lafayette Park, and how the police violated previous agreements imposed upon them after their previous misconduct at Pershing Park in 2002. Read more

US drops charges against remaining J20 anti-Trump defendants

Posted in Press Coverage · July 10, 2018 2:14 PM
U.S. Attorney's Office drops charges against remaining J20 anti-Trump defendants; PCJF calls for an investigation into the US Attorney's Office and the DC Metropolitan Police Department for this crime against the First Amendment. Read more

D.C. Police and the Feds Partner With Hard Right to Convict Trump Protesters

Posted in Press Coverage · February 14, 2018 1:11 PM
Washington, D.C. police and federal prosecutors have been collaborating with notorious right-wing groups and using doctored videos to ambush their targets in an attempt to convict and jail protesters from President Trump’s inauguration. How deep is the relationship between the police, federal prosecutors and these extremists? And in MPD’s case, are DC police breaking the law, as its city council has passed laws barring them from spying on protesters or protest groups? A PCJF FOIA lawsuit seeks to answer these questions. Read more

The Political Prosecution of J20 Protesters

Posted in Multimedia · December 19, 2017 12:54 PM
Alex Rubinstein, an independent journalist who was one of the 200 people falsely arrested during the "J20" protests at the Trump inauguration, interviews PCJF Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard about the work of the PCJF, in particular how it relates to the rights of the arrested protesters and the behavior of the police.

Group Investigating Police Conduct on Inauguration Day has History of Siding with Police

Posted in Press Coverage · November 14, 2017 2:00 PM
The Police Foundation “is extremely tied in with police departments and with police leadership, as well as police officials who retire and go into the very lucrative business of police consulting,” said Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, a constitutional lawyer and executive director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, which filed a lawsuit in March charging that D.C. police are unlawfully denying public records requests related to Inauguration Day. “We believe that, for there to be a truly independent investigation, it would need to be through an entity that has no ties to police departments, police officials, or former police officials.” Read more

Protests erupt after acquittal in police killing of Anthony Lamar Smith

Posted in Multimedia · September 21, 2017 12:43 PM
PCJF's Mara Verheyden-Hilliard talks to RT America about the behavior of St. Louis police in response to demonstrators outraged by the acquittal of police officer Jason Stockley for the murder of Anthony Lamar Smith.

Trump and Sessions' War on Consent Decrees and Police Accountability

Posted in Multimedia · April 19, 2017 12:49 PM
Carl Messineo, Legal Director of the PCJF, appeared on "Law and Disorder" Radio recently to discuss the Trump administration's attacks on consent decrees and police accountability in the United States with Heidi Boghosian and Michael Smith. Read more

PCJF Helps Win $125K Judgment for Illegal Public Strip Search

Posted in Press Coverage · March 31, 2017 6:16 PM
PCJF Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard talks about the latest victory — a $125K judgment for a man who was publicly strip searched by a Laurel, MD police officer (who remains on the police force). The suit was a joint effort between PCJF and the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs.

The Brutal Arrest and Political Targeting of Ray McGovern

Posted in Cases and Campaigns · February 15, 2016 9:00 AM
After his brutal arrest at a Hillary Clinton speech, the State Dept. put him on a list to be stopped and questioned on sight, citing his political activism. Read more

Huffington Post: D.C. Police Failed To Identify Themselves In Hundreds Of Cases

Posted in Press Coverage · May 22, 2015 1:08 PM

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