People first.
PLF*MOVEMENT
*a public interest project of The People's Law Firm
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Because Civil Rights are Human Rights.
The United States Constitution guarantees each of us a number of fundamental human rights. It is supposed to prevent police departments from using excessive force, arresting people without probable cause, detaining people without legal authority, and prosecuting them for crimes they did not commit. Who holds the government accountable when they ignore Constitution?
We do.
WHO WE ARE.
Until May 2020, The People's Law Firm was a "boutique" legal practice: a few Phoenix-based lawyers focusing on personal injury litigation and police accountability work. The deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Dion Johnson in Phoenix changed that literally overnight.
In the last six days of May 2020, The PLF's client roster exploded as the Firm stepped up to fill a need that was going largely unserved in Arizona: representation of First Amendment Protestors in legal claims aimed at protecting their constitutional rights and holding accountable those who intentionally violated them, and advocacy for other survivors of police violence who were finally coming forward for the first time.
Four years later PLF*MOVEMENT was born. A first-of-its-kind collaboration between lawyers and community groups, PLF*MOVEMENT is the public interest division of The People's Law Firm, law firm, with revenues re-invested into cases and community stakeholders helping set the direction of the project.
WHAT WE DO.
PLF*Movement prosecutes civil rights lawsuits against police officers, prison officials, and their employers for violating our fellow community members' constitutional rights. The Firm acts to protect of people against abusive government actors. We demand transparency from government officials who try to secrete their actions from the public and use the tools of the legal process to secure it. And we insist on accountability for those who target and harm our marginalized communities and the changemakers who advocate for them.
These are some of our cases.
