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@UR_Ninja
Jan 24, 2018 • 16 tweets • 16 min read • Read on X
NEW: Last week, a class action lawsuit was filed against @DCPoliceDept and @ChiefNewsham over the politically targeted mass arrest of the anti-fascist anti-capitalist march during Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2017 unicornriot.ninja/2018/dc-police… #J20
A similar lawsuit was filed by the same attorney, Jeffrey Light, on January 20th immediately after the mass arrest, but was later withdrawn on procedural grounds. unicornriot.ninja/2018/dc-police… Now, many #J20 defendants with their charges dismissed could potentially join on to the suit
.@DCPoliceDept officials named in class action suit:
-@ChiefNewsham
-Asst. Chiefs Lamar Greene & Jeffrey Carroll
-Former Asst. Chief Robert Alder
-Cmndr. Keith Deville
-Lt. @paulniepling
-Sgt. Anthony Alioto
-Officers Howden, Washington, Rock, & Thau
unicornriot.ninja/2018/dc-police…
Commander Keith Deville, who instructed officers to corral, detain, and arrest an entire protest march on inauguration day, has made statements indicating he thinks people w anarchist beliefs don't have the right to protest, according to the new complaint. unicornriot.ninja/2018/dc-police…
As we reported during the first #j20 trial last year, Commander Deville has a history of making disparaging comments about holocaust survivors, gay people, and transgender people while on the job at @DCPoliceDept unicornriot.ninja/2017/police-co…
The class action lawsuit demonstrates that by nature of the chain of command in place on #J20, both Assistant Chief Greene & @ChiefNewsham bear direct responsibility for Deville's orders to officers to conduct the mass arrest. unicornriot.ninja/2018/dc-police…
In fact, we reported on Commander Deville's trial testimony on November 30, 2017 in which he confirmed under oath that he had a phone call with Assistant Chief Lamar Greene right around the time he ordered the mass arrest of the entire protest march. unicornriot.ninja/2017/police-co… #J20
Commander Deville also admitted under oath that when ordering the mass arrest on #J20 he wasn't “differentiating who was demonstrating and who was rioting.” The lawsuit claims @ChiefNewsham made a similar call. unicornriot.ninja/2018/dc-police…
The complaint also uses sworn testimony by Deville to prove that @DCPoliceDept knew the group detained at 12th & L streets contained many journalists, and despite this knowledge, they decided to arrest the journalists along with everyone else present. unicornriot.ninja/2018/dc-police… #J20
The complaint details conditions when everyone mass arrested at #J20 anti-Trump protest was detained outside for up to 11hrs w/o food, water, restrooms, or medical care. @DCPoliceDept slow-walked arrests to "in order to maximize the detainees’ discomfort" unicornriot.ninja/2018/dc-police…
.@DCPoliceDept made statements to people mass arrested at #j20 inauguration protest such as “If you wanted to go to the bathroom, you shouldn’t have gotten arrested” & told one arrestee she should she should “shit [her] pants" to prove she needed a toilet. unicornriot.ninja/2018/dc-police…
.@DCPoliceDept officials named in #J20 class action face counts of Violation of 1st Amendment, Common Law False Arrest, 2 counts of Negligence Per Se/Violation of 1st Amendment Assemblies Act, Violation of 1st Amendment, & Violations of 4th/5th Amendments unicornriot.ninja/2018/dc-police…
Numerous statements given by @ChiefNewsham to the media after #J20 show his lack of remorse for the false mass arrest, and his belief that is was a correct thing for police to do. The class action suit cites these statements as evidence of his guilt. unicornriot.ninja/2018/dc-police…
The lawsuit demands a jury trial & seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages. The case also asks the court to officially declare that the mass arrest ordered by @ChiefNewsham & his @DCPoliceDept subordinates on #J20 was unlawful. unicornriot.ninja/2018/dc-police…
.@DCPoliceDept, @ChiefNewsham & other officials already face a separate @ACLU_DC suit over many of the same abuses named in the class action complaint. unicornriot.ninja/2018/aclu-trum… @ThePCJF is also suing Newsham for his refusal to release records of his ordering the #J20 mass arrest.
DC has already paid multi-million dollar settlements over lawsuits stemming from similar mass arrests involving @ChiefNewsham. The District paid $14 million settling a suit over 2002 mass arrest of IMF protesters. $3M went to defending Newsham personally unicornriot.ninja/2018/aclu-trum…

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#BREAKING: Federal prosecutors just filed notice that they are dismissing charges against 38 Trump inauguration protest defendants who had been facing decades in prison after being mass-arrested at #J20 protests. Report coming soon.
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May 31, 2018
DC Superior Court is resuming session for the day shortly. On the 3rd floor around 9:30 AM, Chief Judge Robert Morin will be ruling on pre-trial matters for two upcoming Trump inauguration protest trial groups.

#J20 #J20trials
Last week, Chief Judge Morin ruled that prosecutors @USAO_DC violated the ‘Brady Rule’ by withholding evidence helpful to the defense. Today he will decide how to ‘sanction’ the prosecution. unicornriot.ninja/2018/prosecuto… #J20 #J20trials
Judge Morin has suggested he may forbid the govt from continuing to use an undercover Project Veritas video of a protest planning meeting. New filings from the defense last night claim dozens of more Project Veritas videos were hidden from defense by US Attorneys
#J20 #J20trials
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May 30, 2018
Court has resumed in the second #J20 Trump inauguration protest trial being overseen by Judge Kimberley Knowles. So far, jurors haven’t come into the courtroom yet, as Knowles has heard arguments over defense requests for a mistrial and motions for judgement of acquittal
The defense early this morning renewed their request for a mistrial. Counsel stated they had received partial information in response to their subpoena to ‘Matt’ from Project Veritas but they don’t have time to properly research this information to inform their arguments at trial
Yesterday, attorneys for each defendant had argued to Judge Knowles as to why all charges should be dismissed. Today, under her obligation to view evidence “in the light most favorable to the govt,” Judge Knowles allowed all but a few of the charges to remain.
#J20 #J20trial
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May 22, 2018
The second trial stemming from the mass-arrest during protests against Trump’s inauguration is continuing this week in DC Superior Court. So far today, two prosecution witnesses have testified.

#J20
#J20trials
The first witness to testify today was Laurel Hassberger, a forensic technician who recovered several objects from the scene of the mass arrest at 12th & L on #J20. Assistant US Attorney Qureshi did a “show and tell” type presentation of several recovered objects to the jury.
This portion of testimony was basically identical to Hassberger’s appearance in the first trial. The prosecution dramatically presented several objects such as hammers, goggles, & crowbars. When cross examined, Hassberger admitted she pulled no fingerprints or DNA from the items
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