Special Collection: Litigation Against Federal Police (2020)

"Fed Goons Out Of PDX" projected onto the front of the Portland Justice Center.

Protest in front of the Portland Justice Center.

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In the spring and summer of 2020, the Trump administration mobilized many federal law enforcement agents against protesters in Washington, D.C., Portland, Chicago and other cities. This special collection contains lawsuits against Federal Protective Service, ICE, CBP, Park Police, and other officers accused of acting outside their statutory authority, retaliating against people exercising free speech rights, arresting individuals without probable cause, and using excessive force.

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Jackson v. City of Fort Lauderdale

0:24-cv-60935 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: May 31, 2024

Case Ongoing

This case involved police dispersal of Black Lives Matter protestors in Fort Lauderdale on May 31, 2020. Four years later, on May 31, 2024, several protestors filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District …

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Wolfe v. Portland

3:20-cv-01882 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Nov. 1, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case involved allegations that local, state, and federal law enforcement failed to accommodate people with disabilities during public assemblies and protests. On November 1, 2020, four Portland,…

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Portland v. Barr

3:20-cv-07184 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 14, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 15, 2021

On June 26, 2020, in the midst of widespread racial justice protests challenging police conduct, President Trump signed Executive Order 13933, entitled Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and S…

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Pettibone v. Trump

3:20-cv-01464 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Aug. 26, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 20, 2025

Portland protestors sued DHS and US Marshals for unlawful detention and use of excessive force during July 2020 protests.

Don't Shoot Portland v. Wolf

1:20-cv-02040 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 27, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 15, 2021

This complaint was filed on July 27, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs were a group of women and women-founded organizations that were protesting in solidar…

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Wise v. Portland

3:20-cv-01193 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: July 24, 2020

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit was filed on July 22, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon by four individual plaintiffs represented by the ACLU Foundation of Oregon and private counsel. The compl…

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Black Lives Matter v. Wolf

1:20-cv-04319 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 23, 2020

Closed Date: Feb. 22, 2021

This complaint was filed on July 23, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The suit was filed by a number of political and legal organizations, as well as a news medi…

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Western States Center v. Department of Homeland Security

3:20-cv-01175 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: July 21, 2020

Closed Date: March 15, 2022

This lawsuit, filed on July 21, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, was brought by the Western State Center (a public benefit corporation), the First Unitarian Church of Portl…

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3:20-cv-01188 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: July 21, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 21, 2020

This case was filed on July 21, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. The lawsuit was brought by a single private individual against President Donald Trump, Acting Secretary of …

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Rosenblum v. John Does 1-10

3:20-cv-01161 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: July 17, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 16, 2020

This lawsuit was filed by the State of Oregon through Ellen Rosenblum, the Oregon Attorney General, on July 17, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. The State sued the U.S. Dep…

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Index Newspapers LLC v. City of Portland

3:20-cv-01035 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: June 28, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case involved allegations that the Portland police assaulted news reporters, photographers, legal observers, and other neutrals who were documenting the police’s violent response to protests ove…

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Black Lives Matter D.C. v. Trump

1:20-cv-01469 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 4, 2020

Case Ongoing

Black Lives Matter - D.C. and several individual protestors brought this lawsuit on June 4, 2020, in the U.S. District Court for the District of D.C. in response to President Trump's use of military …

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