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Home | Friday 29th August 2008 | Issue 644

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52 anti-war protesters, arrested in New York in April 2003 at the height of the Iraq Invasion, have won $2 million compensation. They were arrested outside offices of the Carlyle Group - the Bush-connected investment firm heavily involved in military contracts (See SchNEWS 380), but had criminal charges dismissed in the months that followed.

The four-year civil lawsuit which followed against the City of New York has resulted in this bumper pay-out. Police footage of the demonstration showed that the legal demonstration on the pavement gave ample room for other pedestrians, and that police arrested 94 without warning or giving the opportunity to leave. The lawsuit was focused on the police violating good 'ol US constitutional rights.

* See www.ccrjustice.org


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