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

[E. Wayne Johnson]

YES!!!

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We're not here to have you teach us the Constitution.
We're here to arrest you.
.
- Police to student protestors in Changsha, China, 1926.  (paraphrased)

On 2/10/2012 7:13 AM, David Johnson wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Larry Duncan <mailto:lduncan at igc.org>
> *To:* Larry Duncan <mailto:lduncan at igc.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 09, 2012 4:23 PM
> *Subject:* Chicago settles with war protesters for $6M
>
> http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=8537505 
> <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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