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The Eviction of Occupy Portland, Ore.: A Supremely Political Affair
New Docs Show More Detail into Boston Law Enforcement Focus on Peaceful Protests The latest trove of documents obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice…
Documents Revealed the Government’s Coordinated Crackdown on the Occupy Movement
Brooklyn Bridge (Garcia) – Plaintiffs Apellees Brief 2013
The PCJF responded in this brief to the defendant’s appeal in Garcia v. Bloomberg, which asked the Second Circuit to overturn the lower court’s refusal…
Washington Post: Judge finds District’s rules for hanging political posters unconstitutional
Reprinted from Washington Post A federal judge on Thursday struck down as unconstitutional the District’s regulations for hanging political signs on lampposts. U.S. District Chief…
Commander Who Pepper-Sprayed Protesters Is Sued Again
Reprinted from New York Times Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna, the police commander sued in July for pepper-spraying Occupy Wall Street protesters, has been sued again.…
New Federal Lawsuit Filed Against NYPD for Occupy Arrests
PCJF Challenges Unlawful Police Tactics, Sidewalk Arrests, Orange Netting Corral The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) has filed a federal lawsuit today in the…
Occupy Wall Street Lawsuit Alleging False Arrests Names Ray Kelly, Anthony Bologna And NYC
Reprinted from the Huffington Post NEW YORK — Three days after Occupy Wall Street celebrated its one-year anniversary with mass demonstrations and a slew of…
Occupy (Sterling) – Complaint 2012
The lawsuit, Sterling, et al. v. City of New York, et.al., Case No. 12-CV-7086 seeks to end the New York City police tactics of arresting people…
PCJF Obtains More Heavily Redacted Documents on OWS from Homeland Security
Homeland Security releases third round of documents to PCJF Last Updated: July 31, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund has obtained…
Federal Judge Rules that Brooklyn Bridge Class Action Lawsuit Can Proceed
In an opinion issued late today, US District Judge Jed Rakoff ruled that New York Police Department officers are not entitled to qualified immunity from…
Brooklyn Bridge (Garcia) – First Opinion and Order 2012
U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff ruled that NYPD officers were not entitled to qualified immunity in the case of Garcia v. Bloomberg. The case, in…