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Today, attorneys for Black Lives Matters D.C. and the civil rights demonstrators attacked last June by federal officers in Lafayette Square argued in a filing to a federal court that the Interior Department Inspector General’s new report shows why the demonstrators’ lawsuit should not be dismissed.
In response to today’s report issued by the Department of the Interior about the attack on civil rights demonstrators at Lafayette Square Park on June 1, 2020, the following statement can be attributed to Scott Michelman, Legal Director, ACLU of the District of Columbia: