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Civil Rights Groups Push for Appeal to Hold Federal Officials Financially Accountable for Attack on Black Lives Matter Demonstrators Near White House

Request Follows Court’s Dismissal of Claims for 2020 Tear-Gassing and Beating of Demonstrators

April 20, 2022

In Partial Settlement of Civil Rights Suits on Behalf of Demonstrators Attacked at Lafayette Square by Trump Administration, Federal Government Agrees to Change Demonstration Policing Policies

Military-Grade Weapons Were Used Against Black Lives Matter Protesters Without Warning in June 2020

April 13, 2022

D.C. Jail Agrees To Improve Transgender Housing Policies To Settle Lawsuit of Trans Woman Housed in Men’s Unit

“No one should face what I had to face at the D.C. Jail. DOC put my safety and mental health at risk, and I’m glad that other trans people at the Jail will be treated with more dignity."

March 23, 2022

Victory: Federal Court Holds D.C. Law Allowing Broad Category of Warrantless Searches of People Unconstitutional

Court also rules that claim challenging the sexually invasive manner of a 2019 search may proceed

March 9, 2022

D.C. JAIL AGREES TO IMPLEMENT COMPREHENSIVE COVID-19 PROTECTIONS TO SETTLE CLASS ACTION CONDITIONS SUIT BROUGHT BY PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE, ACLU-D.C.

DOC Will Be Subject To Random Inspections By An Independent Expert To Confirm Compliance

February 15, 2022

ACLU-DC Statement on the Metropolitan Police Department Watchlist

“MPD’s blacklist practice is part of a broader pattern of resistance to transparency and public accountability."

February 3, 2022