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Policing Protest

26-Jan-05 13:16

DC Police Settle Mass Arrest Lawsuit For $425,000

DC must pay protesters $425,000 and police chief Ramsey must send a personal apology letter to each litigator. The lawsuit stemmed from an incident that occurred during demonstrations against the policies of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank on Sept. 27, 2002. Police officers surrounded Pershing Park, east of the White House, and took hundreds of demonstrators into custody.

Counter-Inaugural

21-Jan-05 20:16

Thousands Protest Bush's Inauguration

Thousands of people in dozens of cities across the nation walked out of work and school, held mock coronations, intoned the names of the Iraq war dead and held candlelight vigils to show their disapproval of President Bush as he was sworn in for his second term.

DC City Council on Police Abuses

15-Mar-04 00:34

Report on Investigation of the Metropolitan Police Department�s Policy and Practice in Handling Demonstrations in the District of Columbia

From DC City Council's Committee on the Judiciary: a Report on Investigation of the Metropolitan Police Department�s Policy and Practice in Handling Demonstrations in the District of Columbia.

27-Feb-04 13:36

Can't Stop, Won't Stop

If you want to wear your �Dump Dubya� button in Crawford, Tex., a few miles from the president�s ranch, make sure you get approval from the police chief. Wearing a political button could violate Crawford�s protest ordinance that requires a $25 permit and prior approval by police. A February 16 verdict by a six-person jury meeting in a rented recreation center room upheld the ordinance. Five peace activists stopped at a Crawford roadblock en route to protests near the president�s ranch last May were convicted of violating the city�s parade and procession law. They were fined $200 to $500 and plan to appeal.

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