Popular Resistance - Three Occupy Wall Street protesters have netted a sizable settlement from the city after filing a lawsuit saying they were brutalized by police officers.
Sandra Fields, 68, and Sean McKeown, 33, were each holding one end of a banner on September 25, 2012, when Fields was apparently attacked by Lieutenant Stephen Latalardo. According to the suit, Latalardo slammed Fields from behind, causing her head to hit the ground. A video shot at the scene shows Latalardo smirkingly telling Fields that she was being arrested for “displaying a banner.”
“I was in shock,” Fields told the Daily News. “I was dumbfounded and really in pain.”
Thanks in part to video corroborating her claim, Fields has been awarded $75,000. McKeown will receive a $15,000 settlement, and a third party, Eric-John Russell, will receive $52,000 after successfully fighting a summons for “blocking traffic,” despite the fact that he was shoved off the sidewalk and into the street by cops themselves.
In 2012, three OWS protesters reached a settlement with the city for $50,000 over what they described as a “thought crime” arrest.
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NPD? New York Police Department? Where does the cop department get that kind of money? Oh, they don't. It's the taxpayers who pay the salaries, and overtime, who get to foot the bill for cop lawlessness.
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