In June, CLDC gave you an update on the various civil rights cases that we and others have filed against the various local governments (and their employees) that violated Water Protectors’ civil rights during the 2016 and 2017 Standing Rock actions opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL.) As we […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 31, 2020
Contacts:
Lauren Regan, Executive Director & Senior Staff Attorney: (541) 687-9180 or lregan@cldc.org
Cooper Brinson, Staff Attorney: (541) 687-9180 or cbrinson@cldc.org
CLDC Files Second Suit to Protect the Public from Police Violence
Eugene, OR — Today, attorneys with the Civil Liberties Defense Center filed their second federal […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 21, 2020
Contacts:
Marianne Dugan, CLDC Staff Attorney: (541) 687-9180 or mdugan@cldc.org
Henry Houston, Plaintiff: (541)484-0519 or henry@eugeneweekly.com
CLDC Files Suit to Protect the Free Press from Police Violence
Eugene, OR — Today, CLDC attorneys filed suit in the U.S. Federal District Court in Eugene, alleging that the City of […]
June 5, 2020
Mayor Lucy Vinis
City Manager Sarah Medary, Pro Tem
Eugene Police Chief Chris Skinner
Interim Fire Chief Chris Heppel
Oregon State Police Superintendent Travis Hampton
Governor Kate Brown and Staff
Oregon National Guard Major General Michael E. Stencel
Sent by Email Attachment to lvinis@eugene-or.gov;
smedary@eugene-or.gov; policechief@ci.eugene.or.us;
firedept@ci.eugene.or.us; travis.hampton@osp.oregon.gov;
orgov@hcrm.iconstituent.com; nik.blosser@oregon.gov;
constantin.severe@oregon.gov; agdd@mil.state.or.us;
tagor@mil.state.or.us
RE: City of Eugene Response to Recent Protests
To […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 14, 2020
Contact: Lauren Regan, Marianne Dugan, CLDC
(541) 687-9180
Eugene, OR — Today, CLDC attorneys representing Green Party Congressional candidate Michael “Gamms” Gammariello filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in California federal court against Humboldt County and two of its Sheriff’s deputies for illegal police brutality.
Mike Gammariello is an […]
Greetings! Our digital security coordinator and I recently returned from a week of travel in Montana, where we provided trainings and support to activists who are fighting the Keystone XL Pipeline, the Megaloads, as well as rampant police brutality, racial profiling, and misconduct.
We traveled from Moscow, Idaho, to Bozeman, Billings, […]
Sophia Wilansky was just 21 years old when she gathered with other Water Protectors on the Backwater bridge north of the Standing Rock encampment in North Dakota. She had come to the Oceti Sakowin camp in solidarity with the indigenous led movement to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline from destroying […]
The civil rights complaint seeks justice against the constitutional violations perpetuated against the mostly Native American water protectors, including claims of retaliation and police brutality by law enforcement, as well suing the Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier, and City of Mandan Chief of Police Jason Ziegler for maintaining policies, customs, and practices that led to grave violations of Plaintiffs’ rights secured by the U.S. Constitution.
The strength with which our movement fought—without weapons or violence toward those weak cowards wearing badges—was the stuff of historic legend.
This morning the outrageous unprecedented militarized police presence at Standing Rock has taken a turn for the worse. Hundreds of police have surrounded the front lines camp, road blockades have popped up everywhere, and water protectors are currently surrounded by militarized darth vader like cop goons.
