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Holland v. Rosen

1:17-cv-04317 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: June 14, 2017

Closed Date: Oct. 31, 2018

On June 14, 2017, a man awaiting criminal trial and Lexington National Insurance Corporation, a bail bond company, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The case was assigned to Judge Jerome Simandle. The plaintiffs sued the state of New Jersey under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs alleged that a New Jersey state law, the Criminal Justice Reform Act (CJRA), violated the bail provision of the Eighth Amendment, due process u…
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Ahmad v. City of St. Louis

4:17-cv-02455 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Sept. 22, 2017

This case was litigated by the ACLU of Missouri’s against the City of St. Louis for declaratory and injunctive relief arising from the police response to protests from September 15 to September 17, 2017, following the acquittal of St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) officer Jason Stockley. There was also a separate class action filed after this suit was initiated, litigated by private counsel, seeking monetary relief for injuries caused by the police “kettling” of protesters on the…
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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…
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Anti Police-Terror Project v. Oakland

3:20-cv-03866 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 11, 2020

This class action lawsuit was filed on June 11, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Plaintiffs were the Anti-Police Terror Project, Community Ready Corps, and several individuals. Defendants were the City of Oakland, the Oakland Police Department (OPD) Police Chief, an OPD Sergeant, and two OPD officers. The suit followed police actions to quell protests that arose after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Plaintiffs were represented counsel f…
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Angell v. Oakland

3:13-cv-00190 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 14, 2013

Closed Date: July 30, 2015

This civil rights case is related to the treatment of “Occupy Oakland” protestors by the police and sheriff’s department in Oakland, CA. The plaintiffs brought this class action lawsuit on January 14, 2013 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against police officers and the City of Oakland, as well as the Alameda County sheriff and corrections officers. The plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking damages, declaratory relief, and injunctive relief to protect…
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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

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 complaint arose out of the protests that followed the police killing of George Floyd in May of 2020. After Mr. Floyd's killing protests broke out across the country condemning what happened to Mr. Floyd, police brutality, and racial inequality more generally. While the protests were mostly peaceful, ther…
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McCadden v. Flint

2:18-cv-12377 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: July 31, 2018

On October 12th, 2015, the plaintiff, who was a black 7 year-old with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), was attending after school program administered by defendant Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce. While there, the plaintiff experienced some behavioral challenges related to his disability, which staff were aware of. The plaintiff’s behavior reportedly involved kicking a supply cart and running around on the bleachers. Staff requested a school resource officer (SRO), who arriv…
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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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Street v. O'Toole

4:19-cv-02590 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Sept. 17, 2019

This is a federal class action lawsuit for monetary damages against the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) for its response to anti-police brutality protests on September 17, 2017. For the injunctive suit filed by the ACLU of Missouri against the City of St. Louis that also arose out of the events of September 17, 2017, see Ahmad v. City of St. Louis. Following the acquittal on September 15, 2017, of an SLMPD officer for the 2011 killing of the 24-year-old Black man, Anthony Lamar…
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Payne v. de Blasio

1:20-cv-08924 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 26, 2020

This suit was filed by eleven New York residents against the City of New York and the New York City Police Department on October 26, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Represented by the New York Civil Liberties Union and the Legal Aid Society, the plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging excessive force and unlawful seizure in violation of the Fourth Amendment, as well as retaliation for the exercise of First Amendment rights. The plaintiffs also brou…