August 8, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Andy Ngo Loses Lawsuit: Portland Jury Finds No Fault for Two Activists in Civil Trial
Portland, Oregon—After seven days of trial, a 12-person Multnomah County (Portland) jury found no fault against activists John Hacker and Elizabeth Richter, in […]
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June 23, 2023
Contact: Marianne Dugan, Senior Staff Attorney
(541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org
Lawsuit Filed on Eve of One-Year Anniversary of Supreme Court Dobbs Ruling:
Springfield Police Department Shows Pattern of Violence Towards First Amendment Activities
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January 18, 2023
Contact:
Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney
(541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org
Eugene, Oregon—Sam Yergler, a Eugene resident and houseless advocate, was […]
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November 16, 2022
Contact: Lauren Regan, Senior Attorney and Director
(541) 687-9180, lregan@cldc.org
Last week we had an important victory for Indigenous sovereignty in Anishinaabe territory, so-called northern Minnesota. Claire Glenn, the attorney fellow for the Line 3 Defense Project of the Civil Liberties Defense Center and Water Protector Legal Collective, won dismissal of the criminal charges for […]
ANISHINAABE WATER PROTECTORS’ CASES DISMISSED ON INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY GROUNDS
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July 6, 2022
Contact:
Claire Glenn, Attorney-Fellow for the Line 3 Legal Defense Project
(541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org
Three Indigenous Water Protectors have had their criminal […]
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July 1, 2022
Contact:
Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney
(541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org
Jury Unable to Convict Stop the Sweeps Advocate for Asking Cops to Adhere to the Law: Judge declares mistrial after jury unable to come to a unanimous verdict
Eugene, Oregon—Nicholas Hollows, a Eugene resident […]
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June 23, 2022
Contact:
Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney
(541) 687-9180
info@cldc.org
Final Black Lives Matter activist arrested at Springfield protest exonerated in State Court
Eugene, OR — Today, moments before a jury was to hear opening statements, the Deputy Lane County District Attorney abruptly moved to dismiss all charges against racial justice […]
Eugene, OR –May 25 marked two years since the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin. Though not the last Black man killed by militarized police, the outrage and heartbreak that flowed from his death spurred an uprising that continues today.
On March 18, 2022, political prisoner Eric King was acquitted by a federal jury of twelve people in the U.S. District Court in Colorado. Eric was charged with assaulting a federal officer, a federal felony with a potential 20-year sentence, after he defended himself from an attack by a Bureau […]
