Antiwar Activists Win $2 Million Settlement From New York City反战活跃分子赢得200万美元的沉降由New York City
A group of 52 local activists today announced a $2 million settlement in their lawsuit against the City of New York.一组52当地活动家今天宣布了一项200万美元解决在其起诉纽约市。 The activists were illegally arrested on April 7, 2003 while protesting against the Iraq war in front of a military contractor’s offices in midtown.活动家被非法逮捕， 2003年4月7日，而抗议，反对伊拉克战争，在前线的一个军事承包商的办事处在市中心。 The settlement in Kunstler et al v. New York City follows the dismissal in 2003 of all criminal charges brought against these individuals and four costly years of delays by the City in negotiating an end to the civil lawsuit.解决在kunstler等人诉纽约市如下解雇在2003年的所有刑事指控，对这些个人和4年昂贵的延误，由市政府在谈判结束了民事诉讼。
“The New York Police Department violated core constitutional rights when it arrested a group of peaceful demonstrators who were lawfully protesting against the commencement of the Iraq war and those who stood to profit from it,” notes Sarah Netburn, attorney with Emery Celli Brinkerhoff Abady LLP, which handled the civil rights case along with the Center for Constitutional Rights. “纽约警察部门违反核心的宪法权利时，拘捕了一批和平示威者谁是合法抗议生效伊拉克战争和那些谁主张，以从中受益， ”注意到莎拉内特贝恩，律政司与emery celli brinkerhoff abady LLP公司，处理民事权利的情况下，随着宪法权利中心。 “We are gratified by the City’s decision to compensate these individuals whose targeted arrests were without probable cause and intended to quell future protest in New York City. “我们感到欣慰的，由城市的决定，以补偿这些个人的有针对性的逮捕没有可能的原因，并打算平息抗议，未来在纽约市。 This lawsuit, and this settlement, vindicates our clients’ rights to assemble and speak their mind free from the fear that they will be punished for their views.”这官司，这解决，证明了我们的客户的权利，集会和发言，他们心目中免费从恐惧，他们将受到惩罚他们的意见。 “
Attorneys and plaintiffs noted, however, that the City’s decision to drag the case out is part of a long and disturbing pattern by which it attempts to “wear down” plaintiffs to avoid political damage, even at huge expense of tax dollars and City resources.律师和原告们指出，然而，城市的决定，以拖曳的情况是，一个组成部分，长期的和令人不安的模式，它试图“拖垮”原告，以避免政治上的损害，甚至在巨大的牺牲税美元和城市资源。 “My question is, why did the NYPD send over 100 police in riot gear, along with vehicles to block the street and disrupt the flow of morning rush hour traffic, all to stop a legal, peaceful protest, when there are far more important matters they could be pursuing? “我的问题是，为什么纽约警察局派出超过100名警察在骚乱齿轮，随着车辆的阻挠和破坏街的流动上午交通尖峰时间的交通，停止所有的法律，和平抗议，当有远更重要的事项他们可以追求？ And, why did they fight us in court so doggedly when they knew the evidence proved that we were arrested without any police orders to leave?” asked Ahmad Shirazi, a film editor and grandfather and one of the plaintiffs in the case.及，为什么他们的斗争，我们在法庭上，使顽强时，他们知道的证据，证明我们被逮捕，没有任何警察命令离开？ “问艾哈迈德shirazi ，电影编辑器和祖父之一，原告在此案。
An NYPD videotape of the demonstration depicts a group of demonstrators lined along the sidewalk of West 56th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues – with ample space for pedestrians – who were arrested without any police warning or opportunity to leave.纽约市警察局一盘录像带，示范，描绘一群示威者列队沿人行道西第56街之间的第五和第六的途径-以充裕的空间供行人-谁被逮捕，警方在没有任何警告或有机会离开。 The police arrested 94 people that day.警方拘捕了94人那一天。
The arrests took place outside the offices of the Carlyle Group, an investment firm with ties to the Bush family and an extensive portfolio of holdings in the military-defense sector.逮捕发生的办事处外面凯雷集团，一家投资公司与关系向布什家族和广泛的投资组合的集团，在军事国防部门。 The police tactics used that day became the model used by the NYPD during the 2004 Republican National Convention held in New York.警方常用的技俩，这一天成为所用的模型由纽约市警察局在2004年的共和党全国代表大会在纽约举行。
At that event, thousands of activists were illegally arrested, jailed and mistreated.在这一事件，数千名积极分子被非法拘捕，监禁和虐待。 Lawsuits related to the police conduct at the RNC are still winding their way through the courts.诉讼涉及到警察的行为在共和党全国委员会仍然是清盘，他们的方式通过法院。 NYPD officials are now consulting with police departments in Denver and Minneapolis on their plans for the 2008 Democratic and Republican Conventions.纽约市警察局的官员现正谘询与警察部门在丹佛，明尼阿波利斯和对他们的计划为2008年民主党和共和党的公约。
“We hope our victory helps convince the City to stop violating people’s rights as a matter of policy and stop wasting taxpayers’ money doing so,” said Sarah Kunstler, an attorney and filmmaker who is the daughter of the late William Kunstler, noted attorney and civil rights champion. “我们希望我们的胜利，有助于说服城市停止侵犯人民的权利，作为一个政策问题，并停止浪费纳税人的金钱这样做，说： ”莎拉kunstler ，律政司和导演是谁的女儿，已故的威廉kunstler指出，律政司和公民权利的冠军。 Ms. Kunstler was acquitted after a trial of all criminal charges brought against her.女士kunstler被宣判无罪后，审判的所有刑事指控所带来的对她。 “It should also serve as a reminder that Washington’s illegal war in Afghanistan and Iraq is also being fought at home – against its own citizens and in the name of war profiteers like Carlyle and Halliburton. “它也应该充当提醒说，华盛顿的非法的战争在阿富汗和伊拉克也正争取在家里-对自己的公民和在名称战争奸商一样，凯雷和哈利伯顿公司。 We intend to continue our resistance until this stops.”我们打算继续我们的抵抗，直到这站“ 。
The Center for Constitutional Rights is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.宪法权利中心是致力于推进和保护所保证的权利，美国的宪法和世界人权宣言。 Founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, CCR is a non-profit legal and educational organization committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change.成立于1966年由律师代表谁的公民权利运动在南方，中央控制室是一个非赢利性的法律和教育组织，致力于创造性地利用法律作为一个积极的力量，为社会变革。 For more information on CCR’s work visit our website at更多信息，对中央控制室的工作访问我们的网站 www.ccrjustice.org . 。
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