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Chronicle and KTVU coverage of Hashitaka police misconduct case
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Man-sues-S-F-cops-over-Baby-Bjorn-incident-5822801.php http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/crime-law/man-put-chokehold-sfpd-files-suit/nhkD4/ More info on the Hashitaka lawsuit: http://beachledermanlaw.com/practice-areas/current-cases/
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Claim filed in Native American Heritage Night Case
On September 16, 2014, we filed a claim on behalf of April Negrette and Kimball Bighorse, Native Americans who were kicked out of the SF Giants’ Native American Heritage Night for speaking out against cultural appropriation, and brutalized by SFPD. Read the NLG Press Release and …
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Bay Guardian on Pippenger-Philliou claims
Bay Guardian story on Pippenger-Philliou claims
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CCSF newspaper’s coverage of our press conference
Read all about it here: CCSF paper coverage of our press conference
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Students File Claim in CCSF SFPD Police Beating
Rachel Lederman is representing two San Francisco City College students who were brutalized and wrongfully arrested by CCSF police and SFPD.
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Join Scott Olsen and Demand Oakland Drop “Less Lethals”
Scott Olsen’s skull was shattered and part of his brain destroyed when an OPD officer shot him in the head with a Specialty Impact Munition (SIM) at a 2011 Occupy Oakland demonstration. As he lay critically injured on the pavement, an OPD officer threw a …
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Copwatching is not a crime!
New case filed: Copwatching is not a crime!
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Chronicle story on the Olsen settlement
Chronicle story on the Olsen settlement
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Ali Winston’s article on the Olsen settlement
Ali Winston’s article on the Olsen settlement
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$4.5 Million Settlement Reached in Scott Olsen case
Rachel Lederman, Jim Chanin and Julie Houk are announcing a major settlement today in Scott Olsen’s lawsuit against the City of Oakland. An Oakland Police officer shot 24 year veteran Scott Olsen in the head with a “less lethal” munition on October 25, 2011, during …
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