Your Right to
Protest
Street
Guide: What to
Expect from the LAPD. This brochure provides general
information
about what to expect during anti-war demonstrations. To download this
brochure
in .pdf format, click
here.
Your Right
to Demonstrate
and Protest. This brochure provides general information
about
your right to demonstrate and protest. To download this brochure in
.pdf
format, click
here.
Student Free
Speech
Rights. This brochure provides general information about
the free speech rights of students. It includes specific
information
about the rights of students planning walkouts to protest the war
against
Iraq. To download this brochure in .pdf. format, click
here.
Dealing With
the Police:
General Guidelines for Activists. This brochure provides
general information about dealing with police encounters and how to
respond
to police questioning and searches. To download this brochure in
.pdf. format, click
here.
Arrest
Information.
This brochure provides general information about what to do when you
are
arrested during a protest. To download this brochure in .pdf. format, click
here.
Militant
Picketing.
This brochure provides general information about how to engage in
"militant
picketing during a labor dispute. The brochure is in English and
Spanish. To download this brochure in .pdf. format, click
here.
What to Do
When Someone
Tries to Make an Unlawful Citizen's Arrest. This brief
guide
provides information on how to fight back when some tries to make an
unlawful
citizen's arrest. To download this brochure in .pdf. format, click
here.
Know Your
Rights If
the FBI Comes Calling. To link to the our national's
website
for this important publication in English, Spanish, Arabic, Farsi,
Punjabi,
and Portuguese, click
here.
Questions
and Answers
About Civil Disobedience and the Legal Process.
This 13-page document provides a general overview of the legal issues
relating
to participation in civil disobedience. To download this document
in .pdf format, click
here.
Laws
Concerning Protests
and Civil Disobedience. This document contains selected
provisions
of the California Penal Code, Los Angeles Municipal Code, and other
laws
that the police often use in connection with political protests or
civil
disobedience actions. In connection with some provisions, sample
jury instructions are provided to help understand the elements of the
criminal
offense. In addition, Los Angeles Municipal Code provisions on
such
matters as the regulation of noise and the types of sticks you can use
to hold demonstration signs are also set forth. Keep in mind that
this is a list of the laws police use; their use in some circumstances
may be unconstitutional. [Updated January 1, 2006.] To
download
this document in .pdf format, click
here.
