The Mass Defense Committee (MDC) provides legal support for social movements engaged in speech and assembly activities.This support most visibly includes deploying Legal Observers at demonstrations, where trained volunteers wearing green hats marked “LEGAL OBSERVER” observe and document the activities of law enforcement. The MDC also coordinates volunteer attorneys to represent defendants arrested at demonstrations, and has undertaken affirmative litigation to ensure the ability of protestors to freely articulate their speech and assembly rights.

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