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NLG Files Lawsuit Against Oakland Police for Mass Arrest of Oscar Grant Marchers on Nov 5th
The mere failure to obtain a permit, such as a parade permit or sound permit, is not a sufficient basis to declare an unlawful assembly.
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NLG Files Lawsuit Against Oakland Police
Class Action Lawsuit Asserts Constitutional Violations at Oscar Grant Demonstrations
The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) is filing a major class action lawsuit against the Oakland Police Department (OPD) on Monday, June 13th, in the United States District Court. The lawsuit asserts constitutional violations stemming from the November 5, 2010, mass arrest of 150 peaceful protesters following the sentencing of Johannes Mehserle, the BART police officer who killed Oscar Grant. The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief as well as monetary damages for those 150 people who were unlawfully corralled by police and incarcerated in overcrowded holding cells for up to 28 hours.
At each Justice for Oscar Grant demonstration, the OPD has violated its own crowd control policy. This policy was obtained as part of a 2005 settlement in an earlier case of police misconduct filed by the NLG and the American Civil LIberties Union. The NLG seeks to hold the police accountable, and to obtain compliance with the crowd control policy to protect constitutional rights and freedom of speech in Oakland.
Check out this report from Univision (en Español).
NLG SF Bay Area Chapter website
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More NLG and Oscar Grant Protest stories on Indybay:
Community Gather in Oakland to React to Mehserle Sentencing November 5th, 2010; 152 Arrested in Night March
Mehserle Found Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter July 8th, 2010
Class Action Lawsuit Asserts Constitutional Violations at Oscar Grant Demonstrations
The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) is filing a major class action lawsuit against the Oakland Police Department (OPD) on Monday, June 13th, in the United States District Court. The lawsuit asserts constitutional violations stemming from the November 5, 2010, mass arrest of 150 peaceful protesters following the sentencing of Johannes Mehserle, the BART police officer who killed Oscar Grant. The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief as well as monetary damages for those 150 people who were unlawfully corralled by police and incarcerated in overcrowded holding cells for up to 28 hours.
At each Justice for Oscar Grant demonstration, the OPD has violated its own crowd control policy. This policy was obtained as part of a 2005 settlement in an earlier case of police misconduct filed by the NLG and the American Civil LIberties Union. The NLG seeks to hold the police accountable, and to obtain compliance with the crowd control policy to protect constitutional rights and freedom of speech in Oakland.
Check out this report from Univision (en Español).
NLG SF Bay Area Chapter website
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More NLG and Oscar Grant Protest stories on Indybay:
Community Gather in Oakland to React to Mehserle Sentencing November 5th, 2010; 152 Arrested in Night March
Mehserle Found Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter July 8th, 2010
For more information:
http://indybay.org/oscargrant
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I think it is good that this lawsuit has been filed, but really this should not appease us into not being active in taking to the streets again. I myself, am not satisfied with Sunday's protest and think that others need to be organized and soon. This movement is about what has happened to Oscar and the injustice that has followed his murder, we as community need to respond. We should not think that a lawsuit settlement is justice served. Because justice has been denied for OG and we need to fight back in other ways than suing the cops.
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