Chicago Iraq War Protester Settlement: City Giving $6.2 Million To Arrested Anti-War Protesters
After nearly nine years of litigation, lawyers for the city of Chicago on Thursday agreed to settle a lawsuit brought on by anti-war protesters for $6.2 million.
More than 800 plaintiffs were part of the class action suit against the city, which claimed that hundreds of people were arrested without being told by police to disperse during a protest against the Iraq war in 2003. Last year, federal appellate Justice Richard Posner ruled that police did not have the right to arrest peaceful protesters "merely because they do not have a permit," the People's Law Office said in a statement.
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Friday, February 10, 2012
Chicago Giving $6.2 Million To Arrested Anti-War Protesters
Veterans should hire these lawyers so they get some justice too!
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