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Related: About this forumNew York Is Said to Settle Suits Over Arrests at 2004 G.O.P. Convention
COLIN MOYNIHAN
The City of New York has agreed to resolve hundreds of federal civil rights claims filed by people who said they were unjustly arrested during the 2004 Republican National Convention, according to people familiar with the cases
More than 1,800 people were arrested the week of the convention, mostly for minor violations, and many were put in a temporary detention center at a Hudson River pier. People held there said they slept on floors covered by soot and grease, and some said they left with rashes or respiratory problems. Some were held for two days or more before seeing a judge exceeding the 24-hour limit set by the courts.
The arrests led to more than 600 individual claims, of which 112 have been settled. Lawyers also filed a class-action claim covering those who did not file suits.
The agreement would settle all or most remaining lawsuits, and is expected to include payments totaling several million dollars, according to people with knowledge of the cases, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the agreement had not yet been made public.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/24/nyregion/new-york-is-said-to-settle-suits-over-arrests-at-2004-gop-convention.html?partner=socialflow&smid=tw-nytmetro&_r=0
rustbeltvoice
(430 posts)Perhaps, one day a story will come in which police refuse to use their power to abuse the public. Perhaps, one day when given orders that are against the law the police would refuse to carry them out. And perhaps, one day the unicorns can play freely with the yales and griffins.
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)The cops were carrying out HIS expressed policy.
Bloomberg capriciously dragged this through the court system for TEN YEARS at an added cost of which we can only guess. ( i.e. city lawyers, clogged courts).
Di Blasio should order the ( I hope!) new corporation counsel to take Bloomberg to court and recover the cost to the taxpayers.
If that fails, diB should PUBLICLY ask Bloomberg to give the $$$ back.