How the FBI greenlighted the crackdown on Black Lives Matter
By Mara Verheyden-HilliardExecutive Director of the PCJF Originally published on Alternet The events of the past week have placed the country at a decisive moment.…
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Washington Times: Donald Trump protesters, supporters to face off at Cleveland convention
Excerpt from Washington Times Cleveland’s security plans for the Republican National Convention include the deployment of more than 3,000 police officers, but security experts and…
Postering (ANSWER/MASF) – Supplemental Brief 2015
D.C. defended their restrictive postering regulations in this supplemental brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Read the document below
Postering (ANSWER/MASF) – Cross-Appellant Responsive Supplemental Brief 2016
The PCJF argues in this brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that the District’s postering regulations are content-based and a…
Postering (ANSWER/MASF) – Cross-Appellant Supplemental Brief 2015
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Postering (ANSWER/MASF) – Order on Motion for Summary Judgment 2012
Judge Lamberth of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted part of the PCJF’s motion for summary judgment and declared portions of…
KPFA covers “Activism is Not Terrorism” campaign
PCJF Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard and Chip Gibbons, Defending Dissent Legal Fellow, are interviewed on KPFA about the government’s spying on peaceful protest.
Exposed: FBI Surveillance of School of the Americas Watch
FBI used counter-terrorism authority to track pacifist human rights group for 10 years By Mara Verheyden-HilliardExecutive Director of thePartnership for Civil Justice Fund For a…
SOAW – FBI Documents
FOIA documents obtained by the PCJF expose that the FBI abused counter-terrorism authority to surveil School of Americas Watch, a pacifist organization focused on ending…
The Guardian: New NYPD unit armed with ‘machine guns’ criticised by reform advocates
Reprinted from The Guardian The creation of a new counter-terrorism unit within the NYPD, which will be armed with “machine guns” and tasked with policing protests as…
Washington Times: D.C. police handling of Ferguson protesters a far cry from past demonstrations
Scattered protests shut down traffic around the District for a third day Monday, with demonstrators lying in roadways and blocking highways to protest the grand…
Bloomberg News: Secret Service Erects Extra Barrier to Buffer White House
Reprinted from Bloomberg News The U.S. Secret Service today erected a temporary extra barrier outside the White House as it reviews how a trespasser managed to…