American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia
Coverage of American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia in the Nexus archive.
- DC reaches court settlement with man detained while protesting troops’ patrol with Darth Vader song
The District of Columbia has settled with Sam O’Hara, who claims police illegally detained him while he protested using the Darth Vader theme song against the Trump administration’s federal law-enforcement surge. The settlement amount remains undisclosed, and O’Hara will drop his lawsuit against the district and four officers. Related claims against an Ohio National Guard member remain unresolved.
- DC reaches court settlement with man detained while protesting troops’ patrol with Darth Vader song
The District of Columbia has settled a lawsuit with Sam O’Hara, who claims he was illegally detained by police while protesting an Ohio National Guard patrol by playing Darth Vader’s theme song. The settlement resolves his claims against DC and four officers but not against an Ohio National Guard member, Sgt. Devon Beck. O’Hara, represented by the ACLU, alleges the detention violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights.
- DC reaches court settlement with man detained while protesting troops' patrol with Darth Vader song
The District of Columbia has settled with Sam O'Hara, who was detained by police for protesting an Ohio National Guard patrol by playing Darth Vader's theme song. The settlement amount remains undisclosed, and O'Hara will drop his lawsuit against the district and four officers. The case involves claims of First Amendment rights violations and unresolved legal action against an Ohio National Guard member.
- DC reaches court settlement with man detained while protesting troops' patrol with Darth Vader song
The District of Columbia reached an undisclosed settlement with Sam O'Hara, who was detained for playing Darth Vader's theme song during a protest against federal troop deployments. O'Hara, represented by the ACLU, will drop his lawsuit against the district and police officers after receiving the settlement, though claims against an Ohio National Guard member remain unresolved.
- DHS abuses 1930s customs law in attempt to get data on Canadian from Google
The Department of Homeland Security attempted to obtain a Canadian man's location information and activity logs from Google after he criticized the Trump administration online. The man's lawyers claim that DHS violated a customs law in requesting the records. The lawsuit alleges that DHS is using the fact that big tech companies are based in the US to request information outside of its jurisdiction.