[Peace-discuss] Fw: Chicago settles with war protesters for $6M

[David Johnson]

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http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=8537505


Chicago settles with war protesters for $6M

Updated at 11:51 AM today




February 9, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Attorneys representing the City of Chicago told a federal judge Thursday they have reached a settlement with nearly 700 people detained by police during a raucous 2003 anti-war protest.

The city has agreed to pay members of the class-action lawsuit a total of $6.2 million.

Attorneys representing the City of Chicago told a federal judge Thursday they have reached a settlement with nearly 700 people detained by police during a raucous 2003 anti-war protest. The city has agreed to pay members of the class action lawsuit a total of $6.2 million.

"I hope it sends a message that they need to treat us like citizens and not combatants," said Cheryl Angelaccio, one of the protestors arrested near Chicago and Michigan avenues a day after the start of the Iraq war in March of 2003.

The settlement has drawn extra attention ahead of the G8 and NATO meetings scheduled for Chicago in May. The event is expected to draw world leaders as well as demonstrators.

Attorneys for the protesters say their lawsuit sends a message that police must allow demonstrators to exercise their constitutional rights and notify the crowd before mass arrests begin.

Lawyers representing Chicago declined to immediately comment.

(Copyright �2012 WLS-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)

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