A concerning incident occurred at the Democratic Party Headquarters in Washington D.C., where protesters advocating for the “Let Gaza Live” movement faced violent police action from local and Capitol forces. The government must ensure that demonstrators’ First Amendment rights are protected.

We’re representing Bread for the City in a federal lawsuit challenging the District’s practice of sending police to mental health emergencies instead of mental health professionals.

The Court is blocking us from holding federal officials responsible for attacking me and other demonstrators when we exercised our right to protest police brutality and racism.

The ACLU-D.C. filed a complaint on behalf of Dzhuliya Dashtamirova, a 25-year-old woman who suffered injuries caused by low-flying military helicopters that assaulted racial justice protestors on June 1, 2020, in downtown D.C.

Yesterday, the Metropolitan Police Department reported the death of Marquez Parker, who passed away on February 2 while in police custody at a Northwest District holding cell.

“Making the Metro safer means increasing accessibility, reliability, and affordability of our transit system for everyone in the DMV...Increasing police would undermine our goal of transit safety."

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

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

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