City of Boston to Pay $170,000 in Cell Phone Recording Suit
Simon Glik is to receive $170,000 in damages and legal fees from the City of Boston to settle a lawsuit involving an arrest after videotaping an officer. In 2007, Glik was arrested on Boston Common...
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Court Strikes Down Jail’s Postcard-Only Policy
In the case of Prison Legal News v. Columbia et al, the court held that the Columbia County Jail cannot restrict prisoners' personal mail to postcards only. On March 3, 2010, the Columbia County...
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Ford v. City of Yakima: First Amendment Case Goes to Trial
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the City of Yakima and two of its police officers in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action in...
View ArticleMan arrested for giving cops the middle finger gets $15,000 in settlement
New York City: A judge approved a settlement between the city and plaintiff Robert Bell of New Jersey. Robert Bell agreed to drop his First Amendment and False Arrest claim against the city in...
View ArticleNLG Obtains $1M, OPD and Sheriff Reforms for Oscar Grant Protesters
U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson has granted preliminary approval to a $1.025 million settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by the National Lawyers Guild on behalf of 150 people who...
View Article$65,000 Settlement in Free Speech Case Against the City of Yakima
Plaintiff Eddie Ford, represented by NPAP member William D. Pickett, alleged that he was arrested for criticising a police officer's actions at a traffic stop, while otherwise obeying the officers...
View ArticleFederal Court Rules Postcard-only Policy in Ventura County Jails is...
A ruling was established by a US District Court Judge prohibiting the ban on all mail except postcards in Ventura, CA county jails.The policy on hand prevented incarcerated individuals from receiving...
View ArticleFederal Court Orders Lewis County Jail to Stop Widespread Censorship
An injunction has been filed against Lewis County in Washington State by a federal judge, pursuant to a lawsuit challenging a postcards-only mail policy at the county jail. The lawsuit was filed in...
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Richard Fields v. City of Philadelphia
"Police have great power. Civilian recording of police officers serves the public’s vital interest in ensuring that police exercise this power lawfully. Video taken by civilians using cameras and...
View ArticleRight to Record Police Clearly Established in Fifth Circuit
In February, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided in favor of Phillip Turner in Turner v. Driver. Turner was handcuffed and placed in a patrol car after refusing to identify himself when...
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