NLG-SFBA | Activist Support
Hotlines
BEFORE | DURING | AFTER
Demonstrations HotLine
The Demonstrations Hotline is a resource during and after an action. Hotline workers respond to legal emergencies, track people through the legal system, and ensure people are connected with networks of available resources.
Call this number if you
- Are at an action
- Need to report arrests
- Need to check on a loved one who is in custody
- Have been arrested and are currently inside a local jail
Write this number in permanent ink on your body whenever you attend a demonstration or direct action.
When calling the hotline to report arrests or check on a loved one who is in custody, please have the arrestee’s legal name and birthdate. This hotline is run by Legal Solidarity Bay Area (LSBA), an autonomous law collective. Both NLG-SFBA and LSBA are part of the Bay Area Legal Collaborative, a collection of groups working together to provide legal support to protestors.
Do Not talk
FBI Hotline
Please leave a voicemail: Someone will return your call within 72 hours.
The FBI hotline was launched to provide legal advice and lawyers for people contacted by FBI or other federal agencies, or subpoenaed to a Grand Jury, in domestic security investigations, but we have also helped people who were targeted in other types of investigations including local law enforcement investigations related to their political activism or religion.
REMEMBER: The FBI may lie to you about their motives so remember: you have the right to remain silent and the right to speak to an attorney. Do not talk to the FBI or let FBI agents into your home before speaking with an attorney. Check any search warrants for correct name, address and note the scope of the search. Stay present if a search warrant is presented and correct.