触发警告： 下面的视频，其中包含CLDC的客户，有警察暴行的露骨镜头，（被审查的）种族诽谤和其他歧视性言论来描述抗议者。.

2020年7月，一个由CLDC代表的“黑人的命也是命”抗议者团体，, 就其权利被侵犯一事，对尤金市和尤金警察局 (EPD) 成员提起联邦民权诉讼. In the words of our clients, "We did this not for ourselves, but for all of those who were brutalized or have had their rights violated by the police state—or may in the future—but cannot or do not feel safe enough to come forward and sue the cops. We also do this on behalf of our community at-large, in the hope that such violent oppression will not deter future change-makers from engaging in protesting unjust systems. Not all of us were protesters; our plaintiff group includes people who were indeed exercising their constitutional rights to protest, people who were providing legal support to community members, others who were attempting to leave the curfew zones as directed, and residents of a housing cooperative who experienced assaults on their homes by overzealous armed attack-cops looking for an excuse to shoot at humans. Harms by EPD range from serious physical injuries from impact munitions and chemical weapons, to unwarranted arrests, imprisonment during a pandemic, and physical property destruction."

To date, the City and its City Manager and Council have failed to address the protestors' demands for police accountability:

1. 削减EPD预算——特警队那项实质上处于保密状态的预算（它被埋藏在$32百万的警察巡逻预算中）必须终止。应将这些资金重新分配给那些有助于解决本市面临的严峻问题、并能提高历史上一直被排斥和边缘化群体生活质量的项目和组织。.
2. 解除警察部门的军事化——是时候让警察部门停止表现得像在占领敌对领土的军队了。我们呼吁禁止使用化学和冲击弹药进行人群控制，并对在非暴力抗议活动中适当使用武力进行重大社区监督。.
3. 停止下达违宪的宵禁令——这座城市的宵禁法律是为了应对自然灾害和其他可能导致户外不安全的危机而制定的——即使在这些情况下，全市宵禁也是值得怀疑的。允许未经选举、不合格的市经理实施全面宵禁以镇压言论自由的行使，不仅侵犯了抗议者的权利，也侵犯了居住在该市所有人的权利。.

更新： 2023年2月7日，CLDC在本德·奥尔森诉尤金市的案件中代表2020年5月31日遭受尤金警方不当行为的五名“黑人的命也是命”活动家，在美国俄勒冈地方法院提起了要求简化判决的动议。. 此处可完整查看“要求简易判决动议”的PDF版本。.

CLDC 和解了一项联邦民权诉讼 in California federal court against Humboldt County and two of its Sheriff’s deputies for illegal police brutality in May 2021.  Our client, Mike "Gamms" Gammariello, is an independent journalist who travels around the United States documenting activists' work through video and print media, and ran for Congress on the 2020 Green Party ticket in his home state of New York.

2019年6月，Gammariello先生在加利福尼亚北部洪堡县里约代尔附近的一片公共土地上被捕，当时他作为一名观察员和视频记者，正对一片包含重要原始森林的区域进行长期伐木抗议。多年来，洪堡红木公司（HRC）在马托尔流域内计划进行的伐木和除草剂使用引发了广泛争议——尤其是在如今每一片完整的森林对对抗灾难性气候变化都至关重要的时候。当地执法部门在历史上也长期存在侵犯森林保护者宪法权利的行为，并且充当私人林业公司的雇佣打手，而非保护当地社区。.

Arriving about two weeks into the demonstration, Mr. Gammariello was at the logging site to work on a long-form video piece about the Mattole old-growth forest logging controversy. When arrested, Mr. Gammariello was wearing his photo credentials labeled "United Nations," issued to him by the International Native Tradition Interchange (INTI), which has consultative status with the U.N. Economic and Social Council. Mr. Gammariello was standing nearby a group of about 15 forest protectors. A private corporate security guard hired by HRC, standing directly in front of HRC's gate, told the group that if they stood about four feet away from him, they would be on the public land and not on private land, and would therefore not be trespassing. The group complied and Mr. Gammariello stood even further back on the public land in order to videotape the demonstration.

In the middle of the night, the corporate security guard said he was "calling my friends in the sheriff's office." A sheriff’s vehicle immediately arrived, finding the group of forest protectors and Mr. Gammariello all on public property on the side of a public roadway. Humboldt County Sheriff's Deputy Conan Moore quickly approached Mr. Gammariello, bypassing protectors who were closer to the HRC gate (who were not recording). Mr. Gammariello clearly stated "Press," showing his credentials, but Moore responded "I don't care," and, without warning of any sort, grabbed Mr. Gammariello's camera, and knocked him to the ground, face first. Moore rested his weight on top of Mr. Gammariello with his knee in the back of Mr. Gammariello's neck and head while another kneeled on Mr. Gammariello's legs.

The assault resulted in a fractured rib and several other bruised ribs; a large contusion to Mr. Gammariello's right eye socket; a three-centimeter laceration on his left upper lip, contusions on his nose, and loosening of a tooth.

后来，在袭击发生六个多月后，以及在甘马里洛先生提交了一份侵权索赔通知，通知洪堡县他打算起诉他们后，洪堡县地区检察官办公室通知他，他们将以两项轻罪和一项违规罪指控他，这似乎是为了报复他计划提起的诉讼。.

“I was violently assaulted and unlawfully arrested by Humboldt County for documenting an action to defend the Mattole's Old Growth Forest,” said Plaintiff Mike “Gamms” Gammariello. “Corporations like HRC are destroying our planet and everyone on it for financial gain while law enforcement protects those private profits with violent force without fear of accountability. We seek accountability and justice, not only for me and my busted face and fractured rib, but for every forest defender who has been brutalized for a corporation's bottom line. No journalist should ever be beat up by police for documenting police; Humboldt County and their deputies must be held accountable for their misconduct."

“当执法部门为木材行业做肮脏工作时，他们就无法履行保护和为洪堡县人民服务的公共职责，”CLDC 执行董事兼高级法律顾问劳伦·里根说。“该部门历来侵犯人民免受过度武力和非法没收的宪法权利，部分原因是他们通常没有为滥用行为承担责任。甘马列洛先生只是洪堡县警长办公室警官殴打的众多活动家之一，试图恐吓和欺凌他们，让他们保持沉默。’

“The Mattole Forest Defense Campaign stands in solidarity with the decision to sue the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department in order to prevent further police brutality for others in the future. The department has a notorious reputation for using excessive force against non-violent forest defenders who have been fighting to save the ancient Mattole forest from being logged for over 20 years, and will continue to do so despite the continued oppressive police response. We demand that the Humboldt Sheriff's Department be brought to justice and held accountable for the harm it causes, the violence it perpetuates, and for its crimes against community members who non-violently stand up to prevent the cutting of priceless forest land and the destruction of habits," said the Mattole Forest Defense Campaign in its official statement.

In 2016, the CLDC filed a lawsuit on behalf of a client who, we alleged, was deprived of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights when he was denied adequate mental health treatment and subjected to abusive conditions at the local jail in Lane County, Oregon. At summary judgment, the US District Court for District of Oregon ruled that the lawsuit should move forward to trial after successfully beating back the defendants' attempts to have the case dismissed. The federal civil rights lawsuit alleged that Corizon Health Inc. (a private prison “healthcare” corporation), Lane County (OR), and one individual who worked at the jail, violated our client’s constitutional right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. In 2018, our client and the defendants came to a mutual agreement to settle this case.

CLDC 在听到多起关于人们在精神健康危机中被捕并送往县监狱的报道后，代表我们的客户提起了诉讼。这些人立即被关押在隔离牢房（单独监禁）中，数周得不到任何精神健康治疗。在一些案例中，针对这些人的指控被撤销，这就引发了一个问题：他们最初被逮捕和监禁的目的是什么，特别是当警方有权（也有义务）将人们送往医院接受治疗时？

我们的客户没有精神健康问题史，也没有犯罪记录。2014年6月，在调整了处方药后不久，我们的客户开始出现精神病发作。在完全精神错乱的情况下，他最终被逮捕。他所有的指控后来都被撤销了。和其他人一样，我们的客户被送进监狱并立即被单独监禁。他作为一个无辜的人，在单独监禁中度过了16天，直到他最终被释放并被送往医院接受治疗。.

我们声称，在羁押期间，我们的客户曾被关在单独牢房数天；食物、淋浴和卫生用品/卫生习惯也经常被剥夺；并且他因与精神病明显相关的行为而受到惩罚，包括被胡椒喷雾剂袭击和殴打。他的床垫被移走，也没有给他提供任何重要的处方药。在羁押期间，我们客户的家人和当地退伍军人事务部的人员恳求监狱将他转至医院，以便他得到诊断和治疗。我们声称，我们的客户在羁押期间从未接受过精神或医疗保健，甚至从未接受过生命体征检查，尽管监狱工作人员显然知道他需要立即的护理和治疗。随着时间的推移，我们客户的精神病恶化，体重减轻了30多磅。即使在他获释4年后，我们的客户仍然受到单独监禁的长期影响的困扰。.

对被告而言，这并非他们首次卷入此类诉讼。科里ゾン（Corizon）是一家营利性公司，通过与各州及地方政府签订合同，为监狱和拘留所提供医疗及心理健康服务，从而为股东带来可观利润。 虽然很难获得科里ゾン的净资产估算数据，但《卫报》估计该公司2015年的营收为$1.55亿。.

2012年，莱恩县与科里ゾン公司签订合同，由其负责在莱恩县精神病护理中心（LCAC）提供护理服务。此前，克利夫兰精神病护理中心（CLDC）曾代表一名严重精神疾病患者起诉莱恩县——该患者曾被关押在监狱隔离牢房内，直至被发现时已失去意识且病情危重。三年后，该县拒绝与科里ゾン公司续签合同。 该县指出，其担忧在于科里ゾン公司运营期间，监狱实际成本节约情况及所提供护理服务的质量。该县决定与科里ゾン公司终止合作，恰逢科里ゾン公司就凯利·格林（曾被关押在LCAC）死亡事件达成$7百万的和解协议之后。.

南方贫困法律中心（Southern Poverty Law Center）广泛报道了格林先生的案件以及全国范围内涉及科里森（Corizon）公司的其他几起案件。南方贫困法律中心指出，格林先生的案件以及科里森公司在其他地方发生的事件，反映了私营监狱医疗服务的批评者所争论的“私营监狱医疗体系的根本问题所在，即其核心是为了给投资者创收”。南方贫困法律中心的报告强调了私营监狱和私营监狱医疗体系中普遍存在的扭曲激励机制：为了增加利润，私营公司会寻找节约成本的方法，而降低成本的一种方式就是减少服务（或服务人员）。正如 2016 年诺贝尔经济学奖得主奥利弗·哈特（Oliver Hope）及其合著者所解释的那样，以牺牲服务质量来降低成本的激励机制，通常大于优先考虑质量的激励机制。.

全国各地的县和州在决定将监狱和监狱医疗私有化时，经常以节省成本为由。然而，监狱/监狱医疗向私有化转变，似乎更多是出于意识形态而非经济原因。试图确定政府使用私营监狱承包商的实际成本节约的研究尚无定论。布鲁金斯学会的汉密尔顿项目的一份报告发现，“现有研究试图解释人口差异，结果显示私营监狱并未带来明显的成本节约或质量改进。”即使是奥巴马政府下属的司法部也认识到逐步淘汰私营监狱的必要性，时任副总检察长萨莉·耶茨写道，私营监狱“根本无法提供同等水平的矫正服务、项目和资源；它们并未在成本上节省多少；而且……它们未能维持同等水平的安全和保障。” 特朗普政府，如人们所料，撤销了司法部逐步淘汰私营监狱的政策。如果经过数十年的国家监狱和监狱私有化，对于这个问题仍没有明确的答案，也许是时候了，考虑到不利的激励机制，重新思考私有化是否是一个正确的选择。.

据莱恩县监狱指挥官丹·巴克瓦尔德上尉称，“[被收押到监狱的]很大一部分人通常都患有某种精神病。”据估计，关押在莱恩县成人拘留中心（LCAC）的60%名人员中，有相当一部分患有某种精神疾病。 包括前莱恩县警长拜伦·特拉普在内的县官员们都感叹，监狱已事实上成为精神健康问题患者的“治疗”中心。正如特拉普警长所言，这“并不是解决社区中精神疾病患者问题的正确方式”。 我们对此表示赞同。据多位县官员称，问题的很大一部分在于监狱外治疗资金的匮乏。也许我们在莱恩县可以采取的一个简单行动，就是要求县官员优先拨款用于精神健康治疗。 我们还可以敦促县官员拒绝将基本的政府职责外包给那些企业——这些企业只要利润源源不断，似乎就对囚犯的处境漠不关心。.

最后，我们需要开始讨论执法部门在处理精神健康危机中的自由裁量权。这个问题很复杂，但如果执法部门的立场是，他们别无选择，只能将处于精神健康危机紧急状态的人直接送往监狱——即使监狱无法提供治疗或将此人转送医院，即使所谓的受害者不愿提起诉讼，并且即使有充分理由的判断极其薄弱——我们也必须改变这种立场。.

没有人，包括执法部门，对治疗有严重精神健康问题的人主要由监狱和执法部门负责感到高兴。但是，正如社会问题常常出现的那样，我们不能指望执法部门来解决这个问题。我们必须积极发挥自己的作用，结束这些野蛮的政策。.