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Partnership for Civil Justice Fund
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"As people across the country are taking to the streets in peaceful mass assembly protest to register opposition to proposed government policies, the issue at stake here is defining for the breathing room democracy requires to survive," stated Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Executive Director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund. "If people feel that they cannot join in peaceful protest without risking sudden mass arrest in the absence of any warning, it cuts the ground out from that which has been a central feature of American democracy. People must be able to gather together, stand up and speak out without being subject to abrupt criminalization of their First Amendment expression by police." Read more here (http://www.justiceonline.org/supreme_court_petition_filed_in_landmark_mass_prot est_arrest_case?e=84aab3269399c192a83de08f64886f1e&utm_source=justiceonline&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=apr3newsletter&n=5), or read the petition itself here (http://www.justiceonline.org/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fd3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net%2Fj usticeonline%2Fmailings%2F103%2Fattachments%2Forig inal%2F0079590.PDF%3F1489421149&e=84aab3269399c192a83de08f64886f1e&utm_source=justiceonline&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=apr3newsletter&n=6).
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Vanessa Dundon
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund is proud to be part of the legal team litigating in federal court against the violent, militarized police suppression of Water Protectors at Standing Rock. The Water Protectors Legal Collective (WPLC) filed Dundon v. Kirchmeier, a federal civil rights class action lawsuit challenging law enforcement's excessive, indiscriminate and mass brutal force against Water Protectors. Read more here (http://www.justiceonline.org/pcjf_joins_legal_team_defending_water_protectors_a t_standing_rock?e=84aab3269399c192a83de08f64886f1e&utm_source=justiceonline&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=apr3newsletter&n=12).
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The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund has filed a lawsuit against the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department to obtain the release of documents regarding interim Chief Peter Newsham's handling of the January 20th protests against the incoming Trump Administration that involved mass arrests and indiscriminate use of force, including mass soaking with chemical weapons and stinger rounds. The DC MPD is standing in willful disobedience of its legal obligations including defiantly stating a refusal to disclose information where such information is mandated by law that it "shall be made available to the public on request." Read about the lawsuit here (http://www.justiceonline.org/pcjf_files_lawsuit_against_dc_mpd?e=84aab3269399c1 92a83de08f64886f1e&utm_source=justiceonline&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=apr3newsletter&n=18), and read the lawsuit itself here (http://www.justiceonline.org/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fd3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net%2F justiceonline%2Fpages%2F842%2Fattachments%2Forigin al%2F1490374531%2FLawsuitVsDC032317.pdf%3F14903745 31&e=84aab3269399c192a83de08f64886f1e&utm_source=justiceonline&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=apr3newsletter&n=19).
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In March, 2014, a Laurel, MD, police officer pulled over Allan Sergeant in a CVS parking lot on a baseless traffic stop, ordered him out of his car, frisked and searched him twice and then, unbuckled his pants, pulled down his underwear and forced him to undergo a visual strip search in public view, while another police officer stood guard. There was evidence that Mr. Sergeant was subjected to this illegal, dehumanizing and terrorizing action because of his race and because he spoke with a Caribbean accent. "This is a major victory upholding fundamental civil rights and Mr. Sergeant represents all those whose voices are too often dismissed and silenced when they speak out against abuse of power," stated Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Executive Director of the PCJF. The PCJF, partnering with the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, litigated a federal civil rights lawsuit seeking justice for Mr. Sergeant which has now resulted in a $125,000 judgment in his favor. Read the coverage from NBC4 Washington here (http://www.justiceonline.org/pcjf_helps_win_125k_judgment_for_illegal_strip_sea rch?e=84aab3269399c192a83de08f64886f1e&utm_source=justiceonline&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=apr3newsletter&n=25), or watch the video here (http://www.justiceonline.org/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FYDN8-Nzlp-U&e=84aab3269399c192a83de08f64886f1e&utm_source=justiceonline&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=apr3newsletter&n=26).
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PCJF Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard delivered powerful testimony in front of the Washington D.C. Council, Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety, in defense of the right of people to protest peacefully without fear of being unjustly arrested, and against the appointment of Peter Newsham as DC Metropolitan Police Chief. Newsham's record, from the mass arrests in Pershing Park to most recently at the Trump Inauguration protests, demonstrates a contempt for that right. Watch (http://www.justiceonline.org/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FB49a6L1lWDo&e=84aab3269399c192a83de08f64886f1e&utm_source=justiceonline&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=apr3newsletter&n=32) Mara's complete 5-minute testimony plus nine minutes of responses to questions from Council members. Or click here (http://www.justiceonline.org/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fd3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net%2F justiceonline%2Fpages%2F843%2Fattachments%2Forigin al%2F1490713446%2FMaraDCTestimony032417.pdf%3F1490 713446&e=84aab3269399c192a83de08f64886f1e&utm_source=justiceonline&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=apr3newsletter&n=33) to read the submitted version of the testimony.
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"As people across the country are taking to the streets in peaceful mass assembly protest to register opposition to proposed government policies, the issue at stake here is defining for the breathing room democracy requires to survive," stated Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Executive Director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund. "If people feel that they cannot join in peaceful protest without risking sudden mass arrest in the absence of any warning, it cuts the ground out from that which has been a central feature of American democracy. People must be able to gather together, stand up and speak out without being subject to abrupt criminalization of their First Amendment expression by police." Read more here (http://www.justiceonline.org/supreme_court_petition_filed_in_landmark_mass_prot est_arrest_case?e=84aab3269399c192a83de08f64886f1e&utm_source=justiceonline&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=apr3newsletter&n=5), or read the petition itself here (http://www.justiceonline.org/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fd3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net%2Fj usticeonline%2Fmailings%2F103%2Fattachments%2Forig inal%2F0079590.PDF%3F1489421149&e=84aab3269399c192a83de08f64886f1e&utm_source=justiceonline&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=apr3newsletter&n=6).
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Vanessa Dundon
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund is proud to be part of the legal team litigating in federal court against the violent, militarized police suppression of Water Protectors at Standing Rock. The Water Protectors Legal Collective (WPLC) filed Dundon v. Kirchmeier, a federal civil rights class action lawsuit challenging law enforcement's excessive, indiscriminate and mass brutal force against Water Protectors. Read more here (http://www.justiceonline.org/pcjf_joins_legal_team_defending_water_protectors_a t_standing_rock?e=84aab3269399c192a83de08f64886f1e&utm_source=justiceonline&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=apr3newsletter&n=12).
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The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund has filed a lawsuit against the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department to obtain the release of documents regarding interim Chief Peter Newsham's handling of the January 20th protests against the incoming Trump Administration that involved mass arrests and indiscriminate use of force, including mass soaking with chemical weapons and stinger rounds. The DC MPD is standing in willful disobedience of its legal obligations including defiantly stating a refusal to disclose information where such information is mandated by law that it "shall be made available to the public on request." Read about the lawsuit here (http://www.justiceonline.org/pcjf_files_lawsuit_against_dc_mpd?e=84aab3269399c1 92a83de08f64886f1e&utm_source=justiceonline&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=apr3newsletter&n=18), and read the lawsuit itself here (http://www.justiceonline.org/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fd3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net%2F justiceonline%2Fpages%2F842%2Fattachments%2Forigin al%2F1490374531%2FLawsuitVsDC032317.pdf%3F14903745 31&e=84aab3269399c192a83de08f64886f1e&utm_source=justiceonline&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=apr3newsletter&n=19).
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In March, 2014, a Laurel, MD, police officer pulled over Allan Sergeant in a CVS parking lot on a baseless traffic stop, ordered him out of his car, frisked and searched him twice and then, unbuckled his pants, pulled down his underwear and forced him to undergo a visual strip search in public view, while another police officer stood guard. There was evidence that Mr. Sergeant was subjected to this illegal, dehumanizing and terrorizing action because of his race and because he spoke with a Caribbean accent. "This is a major victory upholding fundamental civil rights and Mr. Sergeant represents all those whose voices are too often dismissed and silenced when they speak out against abuse of power," stated Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Executive Director of the PCJF. The PCJF, partnering with the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, litigated a federal civil rights lawsuit seeking justice for Mr. Sergeant which has now resulted in a $125,000 judgment in his favor. Read the coverage from NBC4 Washington here (http://www.justiceonline.org/pcjf_helps_win_125k_judgment_for_illegal_strip_sea rch?e=84aab3269399c192a83de08f64886f1e&utm_source=justiceonline&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=apr3newsletter&n=25), or watch the video here (http://www.justiceonline.org/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FYDN8-Nzlp-U&e=84aab3269399c192a83de08f64886f1e&utm_source=justiceonline&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=apr3newsletter&n=26).
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PCJF Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard delivered powerful testimony in front of the Washington D.C. Council, Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety, in defense of the right of people to protest peacefully without fear of being unjustly arrested, and against the appointment of Peter Newsham as DC Metropolitan Police Chief. Newsham's record, from the mass arrests in Pershing Park to most recently at the Trump Inauguration protests, demonstrates a contempt for that right. Watch (http://www.justiceonline.org/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FB49a6L1lWDo&e=84aab3269399c192a83de08f64886f1e&utm_source=justiceonline&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=apr3newsletter&n=32) Mara's complete 5-minute testimony plus nine minutes of responses to questions from Council members. Or click here (http://www.justiceonline.org/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fd3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net%2F justiceonline%2Fpages%2F843%2Fattachments%2Forigin al%2F1490713446%2FMaraDCTestimony032417.pdf%3F1490 713446&e=84aab3269399c192a83de08f64886f1e&utm_source=justiceonline&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=apr3newsletter&n=33) to read the submitted version of the testimony.
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