Couple arrested for dancing on subway wins $75K settlement from NYPD
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — An Upper West Side couple now has no qualms about dancing in the subway, after the city settled with them for $75,000 following a lawsuit when police arrested them for the act.
As CBS 2’s Steve Langford reported, back in July 2011, Caroline Stern, a 55-year-old dentist, and her boyfriend, 54-year-old film prop master George Hess, were dancing the Charleston at the 59th Street-Columbus Circle platform, when they were approached by a couple of NYPD officers who asked them what they were doing.
“And I responded we’re dancing, and they told us it was illegal to dance on the platform,” Stern told 1010 WINS’ Sonia Rincon last year.
When Hess questioned the law the officer quoted, she said the officers asked for identification. All she had at the time was a credit card, and Stern said the officers told her and Hess, who had started recording the exchange on his phone, that they had to go to the precinct.
“I said ‘Hold it, wait. What are you charging us for?’ and the next thing you know…boom, they arrested us, forced me to the ground,” Hess told 1010 WINS’ Rincon last year.
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http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/01/21/couple-will-dance-in-subway-again-after-settlement
http://consumerist.com/2013/01/22/couple-gets-75k-in-settlement-after-arrest-for-dancing-the-charleston-in-nyc-subway
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police." Ha HA Ha ha ha HA ha ha ha! Yeah right.... $75k of no wrongdoing 
