Attorney Christine T. Elzer worked with attorneys from O'Brien, Coleman & Wright and the Abolitionist Law Centeron a class action lawsuit filed by protestors who experienced police misconduct at the East Liberty protest on June 1, 2020. That matter settled in the Spring of 2023. 

Below are some news stories covering the lawsuit and related issues: 

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• East Liberty Protest Case Settles for $275,000. 

• ​Pittsburgh City Paper: Black Lives Matter Protestor claims they're being unfairly targeted for refiled charges
  

• Tribune Review: ‘Nowhere to run to’: Lawsuit filed against Mayor Peduto, Pittsburgh police in wake of East Liberty protest

• KDKA: Federal Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against Pittsburgh Police, Mayor Peduto And City Officials For East Liberty Protest

• Associated Press: Pittsburgh protestors sue police, allege excessive force 

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Federal lawsuit accuses Peduto, top Pittsburgh officials of constitutional violations in dispersing East Liberty protest

• WESA: City Officials Sued In Federal Court Over June 1 East Liberty Protest

• Pittsburgh City Paper: Class-action lawsuit filed against Pittsburgh following use of force during June 1 protest

• Pittsburgh Current: Peduto, City Of Pittsburgh Sued For Violating Protesters’ First Amendment Rights During June Demonstration In East Liberty

• WPXI: Group of East Liberty protesters file class action lawsuit citing excessive force

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