On 9/3/2020, Human Rights Watch released a 99-page report documenting and responding to police abuses at the #FTP4 protest in the Bronx on 6/4/20, including the arrests of over a dozen NLG-NYC Legal Observers, along with a video produced by SITU/, that included a letter from the NYPD Legal Bureau stating, among other things, that National Lawyers Guild Legal Observers were NOT exempt from the Mayor’s recent curfew.

The NLG-NYC Legal Observers who were detained have been represented by Elena Cohen, Moira Meltzer-Cohen, Jessica Massimi, Gideon Oliver, Martin R. Stolar and Jonathan Wallace.

Human Rights Watch report – https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/09/30/us-new-york-police-planned-assault-bronx-protesters

SITU/HRW video –

NYPD letter in response to HRW – https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/media_2020/09/Annex%20II_0.pdf

The HRW report and video prompted the following press.

Gothamist:

https://gothamist.com/news/nypds-violent-crackdown-mott-haven-violated-human-rights-laws-report-finds

Time:

https://time.com/5894316/nypd-assault-arrest-protesters-report/

NY Daily News:

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-nypd-trapped-george-floyd-protesters-human-rights-watch-20200930-v3bww4lunvfezi5bb2efmiltma-story.html

The Intercept:

https://theintercept.com/2020/09/30/nypd-nyc-protests-police-report/

The City: https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/9/30/21495416/nypd-bronx-protest-response-violated-human-rights-watchdog-charges

New York Post: https://nypost.com/2020/09/30/nypd-response-on-george-floyd-protest-violated-human-rights-report/

NY1: https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2020/09/30/nypd-violated-protesters–human-rights–according-to-international-watchdog

Daily Beast: https://www.thedailybeast.com/nypd-violated-international-human-rights-law-in-bronx-protest-response-report-says