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DOJ Investigation of Phoenix Police Department

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On August 5, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it was opening a pattern and practice investigation into the City of Phoenix and the Phoenix Police Department (collectively, “PhxPD”). DOJ initiated the investigation under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which prohibits state and local governments from engaging in a pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officers that deprives individuals of rights protected by the Constitution or federal law. T…
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United States v. City of Seattle

2:12-cv-01282 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 27, 2012

On March 31, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division opened an investigation of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (then codified at 42 U.S.C. § 14141; then recodified to 34 U.S.C. § 12601), the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Following a comprehensive investigation, on December 16, 2011, the DOJ announced its findings that SPD engag…
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Ratlieff v. City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida

0:22-cv-61029 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: May 31, 2022

Closed Date: Dec. 23, 2024

In the aftermath of George Floyd's death in May 2020, nationwide protests erupted, including a significant demonstration in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 31, 2020. During the protest, the Fort Lauderdale Police Department (FLPD) attempted to disperse the crowd through use of tear gas and kinetic impact projectiles, otherwise known as rubber bullets. The plaintiff in this case, a participant in the May 2020 demonstration, alleged she was shot in the eye by a direct impound round, causing seve…
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Commonwealth of Virginia v. Town of Windsor

CL21001186-00 | Virginia state trial court

Filed Date: Dec. 30, 2021

This case stemmed from the December 6, 2020 traffic stop of a Black and Latino service member whom police pepper sprayed during a stop for a minor traffic violation. The Clearinghouse was unable to locate the original and amended complaints but completed this summary based on news articles. According to WLJA News, on December 30, 2021, Virginia Attorney General Herring’s Office of Civil Rights filed a complaint against the Town of Windsor (“Town”) for violations of the Virginia Public Integrity…
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People of New York v. New York

1:21-cv-00322 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 14, 2021

On behalf of the residents of New York, New York Attorney General Letitia James brought this lawsuit against the New York City Police Department on January 14, 2021 in the Southern District of New York. The complaint alleged that NYPD officers regularly used excessive force against and falsely arrested peaceful protesters exercising their First Amendment rights during the widespread racial justice protests that took place from May 28, 2020 to December 11, 2020. The plaintiff sued all defendants…
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Buchanan v. Trump

1:20-cv-01542 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 11, 2020

This lawsuit was brought in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on June 11, 2020. The suit was in response to President Trump's June 1, 2020, decision to use chemical weapons against peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square Park, protesting the police killing of George Floyd. In order to clear the path for President Trump to walk to St. John's Church, the military and military police used tear gas, pepper balls, pepper spray, and other weapons to disperse the peaceful protesters…

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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

This case is about the federal law enforcement mission, “Operation Diligent Valor,” directed by the Department of Homeland Security against protestors during the widespread racial justice protests in Portland, Oregon in the summer of 2020. Individual Oregon residents along with Black Millennial Movement and Rose City Justice, Inc. brought this lawsuit on August 26, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon against President Donald Trump, Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf, the Depa…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

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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

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 over the murder of George Floyd. On June 28, 2020, the plaintiffs, who are members of the media and legal observers, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon on behalf of themselves and as a class of similarly situated people. The plaintiffs sued the City of Por…
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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

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 police to disperse peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square Park on June 1, 2020. Protesters had gathered as part of the nationwide outcry following the police killing of George Floyd. Around 6:30 in the evening, following an order to clear the square from Attorney General Barr, military and federal …
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Abay v. Denver

1:20-cv-01616 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: June 4, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 25, 2023

This class-action suit was brought in Colorado state court on June 4, 2020. That same day, the case was removed by the defendants to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The complaint was filed in response to police tactics used against protesters in Denver following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, MN. Plaintiffs were individuals who participated in, observed, or wanted to participate in or observe the protests; they were represented by private counsel. The c…