Rights of Protesters
This ACLU Arizona page provides key tips on rights, limitations on speech and action, and what to do if you are arrested. It includes a link to the ACLU Arizona Need Legal Help page.
What to Do If You Are Stopped by the Police
This ACLU page provides key tips about your rights in the home and in your car and what to do if taken to a police station. It includes a link to a wallet-sized guide provided by the ACLU.
Arizona State Capitol Grounds Regulations on Assembly and Protesting
This is a document outlining the restrictions on all activities at government buildings and on the Capital Mall.
Arizona Legislative Council
Per the Arizona State Capitol Grounds Regulations on Assembly and Protesting, in order to put on an event at the State Capitol Grounds involving a large group of people and the use of public facilities or amplified sound, you will need a permit issued by the Arizona Legislative Council. Contact the Arizona Legislative Council at:
1700 West Washington Street
Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85007
602-926-4236
(Fax) 602-926-4803
City of Phoenix Street Closures for Special Events and Block Parties
Phoenix's city streets host dozens of festivals, runs, walks, and parades each year. There is a lot you need to know if you are interested in holding an event on city streets. This webpage will help you.
Facts about Riot Control Agents
This page authored by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention includes information on how you can protect yourself and what to do if you are exposed to riot control agents.
U.S. Protest Law Tracker
This webpage, operated by the International Center for Non-Profit Law, "follows state and federal legislation introduced since January 2017 that restricts the right to peaceful assembly."
National Bail Fund Network
The National Bail Fund Network is a national project that works with organizers, advocates, and legal providers across the country that are using, or contemplating using, community bail funds as part of efforts to radically change local bail systems and reduce incarceration.
National Bail Out
The National Bail Out collective is a Black-led and Black-centered collective of abolitionist organizers, lawyers and activists building a community-based movement to end systems of pretrial detention and ultimately mass incarceration.
The Bail Project
The Bail Project seeks to combat mass incarceration and reshape the pretrial system in the United States by providing bails funds to those who need them and by advocating for bail reform. Access the Arizona office here.