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June 12, 2014

New York City to Pay $583,000 for False Arrest of Occupy Protesters 
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New York City has settled a lawsuit over the false arrest of more than a
dozen Occupy Wall Street protesters in 2011. The city will pay $583,000
to plaintiffs detained after officers surrounded them and refused to let
them disperse. Plaintiff Jennifer Peat called the settlement a victory
for the right to protest.

Jennifer Peat: "Public speech, the right to dissent, these are core
values that are important to our democracy, and I hope that this
settlement will lead those in power and the NYPD to better respect out
First Amendment rights."

The settlement is New York's largest to date in an Occupy-related civil
rights case.