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D.C. to Pay Nearly $14 Million in Record Settlement to IMF Protesters

The District of Columbia has agreed to pay nearly fourteen million dollars to settle a class action suit brought by protesters arrested during a protest outside the IMF / World Bank meeting in 2000.
The Partnership for Civil Justice said the settlement marks the largest amount ever paid in the U.S. to compensate protesters who were wrongfully arrested. The class action suit was brought on behalf of nearly 700 people arrested at the protest. Mara Verheyden-Hilliard of the Partnership for Civil Justice said: It sends a message to every city and every law enforcement officer that there is going to be a steep price to pay for violating protesters First Amendment rights.