PRIOR TO ACTION: Complete "Jail Support" Form
If you plan to risk arrest at all, complete this form and give it to someone you trust who will NOT be at the protests, like a friend, roommate, or affinity group support person. DO NOT BRING IT TO THE PROTESTS. If you don't have such a person, AND there's something that may complicate your time in custody or release (like gender identity, medical conditions, citizenship), email it to shannon@dnc-plp.org . You can still do direct action if you don't fill out the form; call 303-830-0277 when and if you get arrested and the People's Law Project will track you in jail and help get you out, if need be. The form is voluntary and you may leave any of the questions blank. The purpose of the form is to have information available that may help if you're arrested. Don't write anything that could be used as evidence against you.
Jail Support Form
#1 Call the People's Law Project at 303-830-0277. Write this number on your arm in ink. Calls from the processing center at 30th & Steele will be free. Please try to call from this location only.
#2 Demand to See Your Attorney. Tell the police "I am going to remain silent." "I want a Lawyer"
COMPLETE ATTORNEY
REQUEST FORMS NOW
Sign FORM A and get it to the PLP. Drop off at our
office, email them, or give to a PLP rep. PLP members
will be at all actions in neon green
hats / shirts.
Sign FORM B and keep it with you. If you are
arrested, give it to the booking officer.
These forms are crucial to invoke your right to consult
with counsel while in custody and to be eligible for money
damages if the sheriff infringes on your right to see a
lawyer.
#3 DO NOT Consent to a
Search
#4 If you have a medical emergency or if you are the victim
of police brutality, contact the ACLU of Colorado at: (303)
777-5482
#5 If you do not qualify for a personal recognizance bond,
you will need to post bond. You, a friend, or family member may post
bond with a credit card. If the bond is unreasonably high,
you will have an opportunity to argue for bond reduction
before a magistrate with the representation of a Public
Defender or an attorney from the PLP. All releases will
occur from the County Jail on Smith Road. To see the bond
schedule for typical charges, go
here.
#6 After release, complete
an Arrestee Outtake Form and mail it to the PLP, care of
the ACLU mailing address. This form should be completed
right after your release from jail. It will help us to
coordinate your legal defense.
Arrestee Outtake Form
2. Volunteer to
Represent Individuals Arrested During the DNC
If you are
an attorney licensed to practice in the State of Colorado,
we need your help handling criminal cases during and after
the DNC. Contact Hans Meyer at hmeyer05@law.du.edu
3. Scope of Representatin by the NLG People's Law
Project
The National Lawyers Guild
DNC-PLP Announces scope of legal representation for
activists who are arrested or charged at the upcoming DNC:
People's Law Project
Statement of Extent of Representation
2008
The People's Law Project (PLP) is a
project of the National Lawyer's Guild which facilitates
linkage between activists needing legal services and
volunteer attorneys. The PLP supports social justice
activists and the exercise of constitutional rights.
The PLP will not represent individuals, but will solicit
and assist volunteer attorneys who can.
The PLP seeks
volunteer attorneys to register to provide services during
and after the DNC in the following capacities:
1.
Day of the event
representation (could involve intake, jail visits, access
demands, bond hearings, mentoring for arrest and detention
issues),
2.
Legal representation after
the DNC (could include defense, providing habeas,
post-arrest civil litigation and mentoring), and
3.
Legal Observers on the day of
the event