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Ohio NLG Press Releases, Media Advisories, & Articles
- NLG Joins Activists in Condemning Brutality and Intimidation by Akron Police (April 2023)
- RNC Protesters Fight Flag Burning Cases, Calling for City to Dismiss All Charges at Hearing, Chief of Police Calvin Williams to Testify (January 2017)
- Continued FBI Harassment During RNC and Aggressive Police Tactics By Law Enforcement During Demonstrations (July 2016)
- Letter of Complaint to Law Enforcement – Door Knocks (June 2016)
- Law Enforcement Agencies Knocking On Doors to Collect RNC Intel (June 2016)
- Cases Against Brelo Protestors Dismissed, Shows Arrests Were Unfounded and Unlawful, Says Ohio Chapter of National Lawyers Guild and Cleveland Branch of the NAACP (November 2015)
- Lime-Green Identifiers May Cause Confusion, Says Ohio NLG (May 2015)
- NLG Ohio & Partners Gets Cases Against Protesters Dropped (Guild Notes, Winter 2015/16)
Third Party Articles, Op-Eds, & Interviews
- TODAY: Hearing Underway for Flag-burning Charges for RNC Protesters (Cleveland Scene, Eric Sandy, January 2017)
- Where Are All the Protestors (Buzzfeed Podcast, No One Knows Anything, Evan McMorris-Santoro, July 2016)
- RNC Protests: Attorneys Say Arrests After Flag Burning Should Have Never Happened (Cleveland.com, Adam Ferrise, July 2016)
- 17 Arrested at Flag-Burning Protest Outside RNC; Observers Dispute Police Account (LA Times, James Queally, July 2016)
- Tensions Remain High, But Police Are Keeping a Lid on Minor Skirmishes Outside RNC (LA Times, James Queally, July 2016)
- Where are RNC Protesters Getting Their Food and Legal Support? (The Stream, July 2016)
- The Dangerous Militarization of the Cleveland Police (The Nation, George Zornick, July 2016)
- Meet the RNC Activists Questioned by Authorities Ahead of This Week’s Convention (Democracy Now, July 2016)
- As GOP Convention Nears, Cleveland Police Reform Rules Still Not In Place (PBS Newshour, Michael Regan, July 2016)
- Lawyers Keep an Eye on Police and Protesters During the Early Days of Cleveland’s Consent Decree (WKSU, ML Schultze, July 2016)
- Source Lunch with Jacqueline Greene (Crain’s Cleveland Business, July 2016)
- FBI at RNC (Fusion, July 2016)
- After a Week of Violence, Cleveland Prepares for Chaos at the RNC (The Intercept, Alice Sperri, July 2016)
- The VP Winner – 11 Am Friday! (Talk Media News, Victoria Jones, July 2016)
- Right to Peaceful Protest: What to Know at RNC (Public News Service, July 2016)
- Why Can’t You Take Canned Soup to the Convention? (New York Times Blog, Anna North, July 2016)
- Cleveland’s Blame Game Before the Trumpocalypse (New Republic, Kyle Swenson, July 2016)
- Cleveland’s Police and Courts Prepare for Unruly Visitors (NY Times,
- Legal Observer Arrested During Brelo is Proof that No One is “Arrest Proof” During RNC (NewsNew5, Megan Hickey, July 2016)
- Cleveland Police Are Gearing Up for Mayhem at the GOP Convention (Mother Jones, Brandon Ellington Patterson, July 2016)
- What to Expect When You’re Protesting: An Activist Guide to the RNC & DNC (Gothamist.com, Nathan Tempey, July 2016)
- AJ+ Video Coverage of Legal Support Dance Party (AJ+, July 2016)
- Northeast Ohio Prepares for Possibility of Mass Arrests During RNC (NewsNet5, Megan Hickey, July 2016)
- Local Advocacy Group Issues Warning for Anyone Downtown with a Cell Phone During the RNC (NewsNet5, Kristin Volk, July 2016)
- Here’s What You Need to Know About Protests at the Republican Convention (Time, Lissandra Villa, July 2016)
- Here Are Some of the Massive Security Measures Cleveland is Taking for the 2016 GOP Convention (The Washington Post, Janell Ross, June 2016)
- Are Police Targeting Black Lives Matter Activists Ahead of the GOP Convention? (Mother Jones, Brandon Ellington Patterson, June 2016)
- As Activists Prepare to Protest the RNC, the FBI Comes Knocking (LA Times, Matt Pearce, June 2016)
- FBI, Police Visit Activists’ Homes in Advance of Republican National Convention (Cleveland.com, Andrew Tobias, June 2016)
- FBI and Police are Knocking on Activists’ Doors Ahead of the Republican National Convention (The Intercept, Alice Speri, June 2016)
- Cleveland Bans Soapboxes and Sleeping Bags, Not Guns, Near Republican Convention (The Intercept, Alice Speri, June 2016)
- The Fixers: Third Film (The Fixers.com, June 2016)
- RNC Prepares For Unrest After Trump’s Primary Rallies Turn Violent (NPR Politics, June 2016)
- Civil Rights Groups Share Concerns with RNC Plans (WKYC, June 2016)
- Activists Question Cleveland’s Readiness for GOP Convention (USA TODAY, Kevin Johnson, June 2016)
- Cleveland Judges and Lawyers Getting Ready for a Busy Republican Convention (IdeaStream.com, Nick Castele, June 2016)
- Rating the Suburbs, RNC Protest Rules, Save the History Fund (IdeaStream.com, The Sound of Ideas, May 2016)
- Legal Activist Groups Call Cleveland’s Republican National Convention Protest Rules ‘Unacceptable’ (Cleveland.com, Andrew Tobias, May 2016)
- Ohio Reporters’ Groups Oppose Sanctions Against Cleveland Attorney for Contacting Media (Cleveland.com, Eric Heisig, May 2016)
- This Summer’s Republication Convention Protests Will Be Fueled By a Volatile Mix of Forces (LA Times, March 2016)
- Groups Demand Input in RNC Security Spending (WKYC, March 2016)
- Groups Want Mayor Jackson To Reveal RNC Security Purchases (Cleveland 19, March 2016)
- Cleveland Readies For Protests at This Summer’s GOP Convention (NPR All Things Considered, March 2016)
- Activists Say RNC Security Plans Are Violating Civil Rights (ABC News Columbus, March 2016)
- Activists Plan Conference to Discuss Legal Support for Republican National Convention Protestors (Cleveland.com, March 2016)
- Activists Invoke Lessons from “Black Lives Matter” Protests While Planning for Republican National Convention in Cleveland (Cleveland.com, Andrew Tobias, March 2016)
- Interview with Jacqueline Greene & Randy Trefethern discussing the role of Legal Observers, protester rights, & police response in Cleveland (The Forum, WTAM 1100, February 2016)
- Is Cleveland Prepared for Protests During the GOP Convention? (Cleveland.com, January 2016)
- Police Restraint? Many Cleveland Protesters Arrested After Michael Brelo Verdict Were Just Standing Around (Cleveland.com, June 2015)
- Cleveland NAACP, Other Groups Set to File Brief on Concerns with Consent Decree (Cleveland.com, June 2015)
- National Lawyers Guild Frustrated By City’s Peacekeeper Regalia (Cleveland Scene, May 2015)
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