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Obama's choice, Charles Ramsey, was condemned by the D.C. Council for policing tactics

Posted in News · December 03, 2014 11:07 AM
Ramsey's disregard for constitutional rights as Chief of the D.C. MPD was publicly condemned by the Council of the District of Columbia.

NY Times: Obama Offers New Standards on Police Gear in Wake of Ferguson Protests

Posted in Press Coverage · December 02, 2014 8:58 PM
“We were just dumbfounded when we heard they had chosen Chief Ramsey,” said Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, executive director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund

Philadelphia Daily News: Obama taps Ramsey for policing task force

Posted in Press Coverage · December 02, 2014 8:48 PM
Ramsey is "synonymous with militarized and repressive policing. If this task force is under his command, it does not stand a chance of substantially changing the status quo."

PCJF response to D.C. Chief Lanier's 'chilling' activation of civil disturbance units for Ferguson protests

Posted in News · November 26, 2014 3:53 AM
D.C. local media is reporting that Police Chief Cathy Lanier has activated 17 civil disturbance platoons and the special operations division (which include K-9, the bomb squad and the emergency response team), instructing that they will be working on Sunday and Monday in preparation for Ferguson-related protests.

Press Coverage

Posted · November 08, 2014 12:15 AM

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

Posted by Steven Patt · September 18, 2020 8:42 PM

Washington Post: A victory for free speech on the Mall

Posted by Steven Patt · November 04, 2019 3:19 PM

FAIR's Counterspin Radio interviews Mara Verheyden-Hilliard about protest suppression

Posted by Partnership for Civil Justice Fund · October 19, 2018 12:54 PM

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Occupy Wall Street Brooklyn Bridge Mass Arrests

Posted in Cases and Campaigns · October 04, 2014 10:00 AM
Attorneys from the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) on Oct. 4 filed a class action lawsuit against Mayor Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Kelly and the City of New York, charging mass violations of constitutional rights in the trap and detain mass arrest of 700 demonstrators on the Brooklyn Bridge this past Saturday, October 1, 2011. The lawsuit charges that the NYPD engaged in a premeditated, planned, scripted, and calculated effort to sweep the streets of protestors and disrupt a growing protest movement in New York.

Project Censored: FBI Dismisses Murder Plot against Occupy Leaders as NSA and Big Business Cracks Down on Dissent

Posted in Press Coverage · September 30, 2014 8:00 PM
Months later, Dave Lindorff reported for WhoWhatWhy, a document obtained in December 2012 from the Houston FBI office shows that the agency was aware of a plot to assassinate Occupy movement leaders—and did nothing about it.

Do you have the right to peacefully march or will you be jailed?

Posted in News · September 04, 2014 8:00 PM
It is impossible to overstate the importance and impact on fundamental free speech rights of the Brooklyn Bridge mass arrest lawsuit. It was filed on behalf of the more than 700 people who were illegally arrested during a peaceful march on October 1, 2011.

Huffington Post: Outside Chiefs Called To Help Ferguson Police 'Make Better Decisions'

Posted in Press Coverage · August 28, 2014 8:00 PM
one of the officials recruited to consult on Ferguson, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, who currently serves as president of both the Police Executive Research Forum and the Major Cities Chiefs Association, is known less for healing communities than for kicking up costly lawsuits over allegations of excessive force and false arrest against demonstrators and bystanders.

Huffington Post: Brooklyn Bridge Mass Arrest Lawsuit Can Proceed, Appeals Court Rules

Posted in Press Coverage · August 20, 2014 8:00 PM
Hundreds of people arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge in the early days of the Occupy Wall Street protests can proceed with their lawsuit against the police, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.

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