NYPD Commissioner Bratton compares Black Lives Matter protests to Paris and Mumbai terrorist attack
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund condemns the decision of the New York City government to target free speech activity with a new NYPD 'anti-terrorist' unit.
PCJF statement: CIA clears itself of wrongdoing after hacking Senate oversight committee
A CIA review panel has announced that its agents did not break the law when they searched the computers and hacked the emails of Senate staffers tasked with investigating the CIA's record of torture.
Tables turn against prosecutor in Mike Brown case
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.
Huffington Post: D.C. Police Take A Progressive Approach To Protests. It Wasn't Always That Way.
But the current approach that D.C. police take toward protests did not come about on its own. Instead, the more relaxed attitude is the result of investigations and litigation that came about after the Metropolitan Police Department employed a heavy-handed approach to various protests in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Mara Verheyden-Hilliard on News 8 discusses Mike Brown, Eric Garner and police practices
Mara Verheyden-Hilliard spoke with Bruce DePuyt of News 8 NewsTalk on the subjects of Mike Brown, Eric Garner and police misconduct.
KPFA: Mara Verheyden-Hilliard on the appointment of Charles Ramsey to police reform commission
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.
