New York City settles Occupy Wall Street pepper spray lawsuit for $50,001

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian and agencies

New York City settles Occupy Wall Street pepper spray lawsuit for $50,001

Lauren Gambino in New York and agencies
Tuesday 21 July 2015 20.27 BST

New York City has reached a settlement with an Occupy Wall Street protester who was pepper-sprayed and arrested by a city police officer during a peaceful demonstration in 2011.

Debra Lea Greenberger, a lawyer representing protester Kelly Schomburg confirmed that the city agreed to settle the suit for $50,001, in addition to yet-to-be-determined legal fees.

The settlement provides a “measure of justice that was a long time coming”, Greenberger told the Guardian on Tuesday.

“My client should never have been pepper-sprayed,” Greenberger said. “She should never have been arrested. She was just a peaceful protester taking part in the Occupy Wall Street movement.”

Schomburg, who was 18 years old at the time, was among protesters who were maced, corralled and then arrested during a 2011 demonstration against economic inequality in New York. She is now 22.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/21/occupy-wall-street-new-york-pepper-spray-lawsuit

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. fucking douchebag. this is the 7th lawsuit the city has had to settle for him

[Smarmie Doofus]

2. Why, on *E A R T H* should the taxpayer ( i.e. I) have to pay for that?

The individual malefactor should be legally responsible... and liable

If Bloomberg ( mayor and setter of policy in those days) wants to pay for it , he SHOULD. That's fair, too.

And , god knows, he can afford it.

Point: if public employees were held personally liable , there would be less of this. ( "This" being police shootings, beatings, illegal arrests, etc. etc. etc. )

It will NEVER stop... or even significantly get better... if there's no direct personal liability.