We recently filed a 1st Amendment lawsuit against Sheriff Tom Dart for banning U of C students who wrote an op-ed raising concerns about the Cook County Jail's paper ban. Government officials like Dart cannot lawfully retaliate against people just for criticizing their policies

📢HUGE NEWS for our client Robert Kaiser today: the Minnesota Supreme Court affirmed that Robert is entitled to post-conviction relief! The decision was unanimous. Read our announcement: greatnorthinnocenceproject.org/s/Kaiser_Press…

Today, Cook County settled a lawsuit by torture survivor Jackie Wilson, represented by our office and Loevy + Loevy. Read our joint statement at the link below. peopleslawoffice.com/joint-statemen…

Commentary: Retaliation against student leaders of jail program is a free speech assault. trib.al/eQ5hauA

In a Chicago Tribune op-ed, Jamie Kalven describes how Sheriff Tom Dart attempting to silence our clients is an "assault on free speech." Our clients were student volunteers at the Jail. They dared to criticize Dart's policies and he had them banned. chicagotribune.com/2024/03/24/opi…

From the Chicago Sun-Times editorial: “When Chicago keeps fighting police misconduct lawsuits, taxpayers and victims pay the price.” chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/202…

"A new policy that would allow mass arrests of protestors during the Democratic National Convention violates the 1st Amendment & should be reversed, a coalition of reform groups told the federal judge overseeing efforts to reform CPD." news.wttw.com/2024/04/08/ref…

People’s Law attorney Brad Thomson on anticipating repression at the DNC, in light of Chicago’s history of suppression of protest, via Inquest inquest.org/anticipating-r…

For months, organizers have been preparing for actions at the Democratic Party Convention, while lawyers and legal workers have been working to defend their right to dissent and protest. Brad Thomson of Peoples Law Office looks at whether Chicago will meet the moment. inquest.org/anticipating-r…

The creation of a reparations commission in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is historic and long overdue, but will reparations come within the lifetimes of the last two remaining survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre after the dismissal of their lawsuit? #reparations #reparationspromised

We are proud to be working with Raise The Floor Alliance to bring suit against the City of Chicago and Home Depot for the harassment, violence, and criminalization of migrant workers.

Coverage by Block Club Chicago about the suit we filed today with Raise The Floor Alliance blockclubchicago.org/2024/08/06/the…