NLGSF Asks Federal Court to Certify Class Action by Oscar Grant Protesters
As OPD comes under increasing scrutiny, the NLG seeks an end to ongoing baseless arrests and incarceration of demonstrators.
In a filing today, a team of National Lawyers Guild attorneys asks the federal court to allow a law enforcement misconduct lawsuit against the Oakland Police and Alameda County Sheriff to proceed as a class action. The four named plaintiffs, including one NLG Legal Observer, seek to represent a class of 150 people who were arrested en masse on November 5, 2010, the day that former police officer Johannes Mehserle was sentenced.
Honor Champions of Justice Alan Schlosser & Bobbie Stein
Save the date! And place your order now for an ad or greeting in the commemorative journal honoring Alan Schlosser and Bobbie Stein at the National Lawyers Guild Bay Area Chapter’s 31st Annual Testimonial Dinner on March 10, 2012.
Click here to download our Dinner Journal form (pdf).
Alan and Bobbie will be celebrated as this year’s Champions of Justice for their long careers as defenders of civil liberties and as NLG activists.
NLG Demands OPD End Harassment of Occupy Oakland Protesters
As an organization dedicated to upholding human rights and social justice, the National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (NLGSF) is alarmed by the Oakland Police (OPD) and Alameda County Sheriff’s Departments’ ongoing violence, harassment, and unconstitutional arrests of Occupy Oakland protesters.
NLGSF Statement on Port Actions
The National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (NLGSF) supports today’s port actions in Oakland and in multiple other cities.
ACLU and NLG File Suit Against Oakland Police Department
Suit Seeks to Stop Police Violence Against Protesters
Today the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU-NC) and the National Lawyers’ Guild (NLG) filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Oakland Police Department (OPD) for its egregious constitutional violations against Occupy Oakland demonstrators. The lawsuit asks for an emergency temporary restraining order to stop police violence against political protesters. The restraining order is urgent because another police encounter with demonstrators is imminent, after the removal of the Occupy Oakland camp early this morning. The case is currently before United States District Court Judge Richard Seeborg, who immediately issued an order requiring the City to respond by 5pm tomorrow. If OPD uses excessive force against protesters again, it will need to justify its actions to the court.