Civil liberties groups sue Trump, Barr for forcefully removing Lafayette Square protesters

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8. Link to the complaint and a press release regarding this legal action....

The complaint can be found here: https://www.washlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/BLMDC-v.-Trump-Complaint-AS-FILED.pdf

Washington Lawyers’ Committee Press Room
Civil Rights Groups Sue Trump, Barr for Tear-Gassing Peaceful Protesters Outside White House
06.4.2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 4, 2020
Contacts: Gregg Kelley, Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, [e-mail], [phone]

Read it here: https://www.washlaw.org/civil-rights-groups-sue-trump-barr-for-tear-gassing-peaceful-protesters-outside-white-house/

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The case filed today, Black Lives Matter D.C. v. Trump, on behalf of Black Lives Matter D.C. and five individual protesters who were assaulted at Lafayette Square, asserts that Trump, Barr, and numerous other high-level federal officials and line officers of the Secret Service, Park Police, D.C. National Guard, U.S. Military Police, and Arlington County Police violated protesters’ First Amendment right to freedom of speech and assembly, violated their Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable seizures, and engaged in a conspiracy to violate their civil rights. The case seeks an injunction against future such attacks and damages for the injuries sustained by the individual plaintiffs—including a 9-year-old boy—and Black Lives Matter D.C.. It was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

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