Settlement Reached Over Arrest of Amy Goodman, Democracy Now Producers at 2008 GOP Convention

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Source: Democracy Now!

A final settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit challenging the police crackdown on journalists reporting on the 2008 Republican National Convention and protests in St. Paul, Minnesota. Democracy Now! host and executive producer Amy Goodman, along with former producers Nicole Salazar and Sharif Abdel Kouddous, filed the lawsuit last year against the Minneapolis and St. Paul police departments, the Ramsey County Sheriff and United States Secret Service personnel.

Read more: http://www.democracynow.org/2011/10/3/settlement_reached_over_arrest_of_amy

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1. They should have gotten more

The settlement sounds like too little, too late, and no lost jobs on the part of the police. The "training" is probably something that the cops will laugh off while they munch their donuts.

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2. Amy Goodman Announces Major Settlement in Federal Lawsuit Over Arrests at 2008 GOP Convention

Source: Democracy Now

October 03, 2011
PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY OCT. 3, 1PM: Amy Goodman Announces Major Settlement in Federal Lawsuit Over Arrests at 2008 GOP Convention in Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan
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Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman Announces Major Settlement in Federal Lawsuit

Challenging Police and U.S. Secret Service Crackdown on Journalists at 2008 Republican National Convention

Today, Oct. 3rd, at 1 p.m. EDT Press Conference at Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan


New York, NY; Monday, October 3, 2011 – Today, Amy Goodman, the award-winning journalist and host of Democracy Now! news hour, will announce details of a six-figure settlement in a federal lawsuit brought by her and Democracy Now! producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar against the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul and the U.S. Secret Service, challenging the policies and conduct of law enforcement during the 2008 Republican National Convention held in Minneapolis-St. Paul, which resulted in the unlawful arrests of Democracy Now! journalists as they were trying to report on public protest and political dissent.

Goodman, who was represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights; Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP; and Albert Goins of Minneapolis, will speak to reporters at Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan today at 1 p.m. EDT. Zuccotti Park is located in Lower Manhattan at the corner of Broadway and Liberty Street.

The settlement includes $100,000 in compensation paid by the St. Paul and Minneapolis police departments and the U.S. Secret Service. The settlement also includes an agreement by the St. Paul police department to implement a training program aimed at educating officers regarding the First Amendment rights of the press and public with respect to police operations, including proper procedures for dealing with the press covering demonstrations. The St. Paul Police Department will use its best efforts to get the Minneapolis Police Department to institute a similar program, and will also make the program available to law enforcement personnel statewide.

Speakers at the press conference include: Democracy Now! Host Amy Goodman; Democracy Now! Correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous; CCR Legal Director Baher Azmy; CCR Senior Staff Attorney Anjana Samant, and others.

Read more: http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2011/10/3/press_conference_amy_goodman_announces_major_settlement_in_federal_lawsuit_over_arrests_at_2008_gop_convention

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3. This hurts them even more

because St. Paul is broke.

Excellent news