Antiwar Activists Win $2 Million Settlement From New York City反戰活躍分子贏得200萬美元的沉降由New York City
A group of 52 local activists today announced a $2 million settlement in their lawsuit against the City of New York.一組52當地活動家今天宣布了一項200萬美元解決在其起訴紐約市。 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.活動家被非法逮捕， 2003年4月7日，而抗議，反對伊拉克戰爭，在前線的一個軍事承包商的辦事處在市中心。 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.解決在kunstler等人訴紐約市如下解僱在2003年的所有刑事指控，對這些個人和4年昂貴的延誤，由市政府在談判結束了民事訴訟。
“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. “紐約警察部門違反核心的憲法權利時，拘捕了一批和平示威者誰是合法抗議生效伊拉克戰爭和那些誰主張，以從中受益， ”注意到莎拉內特貝恩，律政司與emery celli brinkerhoff abady LLP公司，處理民事權利的情況下，隨著憲法權利中心。 “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. “我們感到欣慰的，由城市的決定，以補償這些個人的有針對性的逮捕沒有可能的原因，並打算平息抗議，未來在紐約市。 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.”這官司，這解決，證明了我們的客戶的權利，集會和發言，他們心目中免費從恐懼，他們將受到懲罰他們的意見。 “
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.律師和原告們指出，然而，城市的決定，以拖曳的情況是，一個組成部分，長期的和令人不安的模式，它試圖“拖垮”原告，以避免政治上的損害，甚至在巨大的犧牲稅美元和城市資源。 “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? “我的問題是，為什麼紐約警察局派出超過100名警察在騷亂齒輪，隨著車輛的阻撓和破壞街的流動上午交通尖峰時間的交通，停止所有的法律，和平抗議，當有遠更重要的事項他們可以追求？ 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，為什麼他們的鬥爭，我們在法庭上，使頑強時，他們知道的證據，證明我們被逮捕，沒有任何警察命令離開？ “問艾哈邁德shirazi ，電影編輯器和祖父之一，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.紐約市警察局一盤錄像帶，示範，描繪一群示威者列隊沿人行道西第56街之間的第五和第六的途徑-以充裕的空間供行人-誰被逮捕，警方在沒有任何警告或有機會離開。 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.逮捕發生的辦事處外面凱雷集團，一家投資公司與關係向布什家族和廣泛的投資組合的集團，在軍事國防部門。 The police tactics used that day became the model used by the NYPD during the 2004 Republican National Convention held in New York.警方常用的技倆，這一天成為所用的模型由紐約市警察局在2004年的共和黨全國代表大會在紐約舉行。
At that event, thousands of activists were illegally arrested, jailed and mistreated.在這一事件，數千名積極分子被非法拘捕，監禁和虐待。 Lawsuits related to the police conduct at the RNC are still winding their way through the courts.訴訟涉及到警察的行為在共和黨全國委員會仍然是清盤，他們的方式通過法院。 NYPD officials are now consulting with police departments in Denver and Minneapolis on their plans for the 2008 Democratic and Republican Conventions.紐約市警察局的官員現正諮詢與警察部門在丹佛，明尼阿波利斯和對他們的計劃為2008年民主黨和共和黨的公約。
“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. “我們希望我們的勝利，有助於說服城市停止侵犯人民的權利，作為一個政策問題，並停止浪費納稅人的金錢這樣做，說： ”莎拉kunstler ，律政司和導演是誰的女兒，已故的威廉kunstler指出，律政司和公民權利的冠軍。 Ms. Kunstler was acquitted after a trial of all criminal charges brought against her.女士kunstler被宣判無罪後，審判的所有刑事指控所帶來的對她。 “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. “它也應該充當提醒說，華盛頓的非法的戰爭在阿富汗和伊拉克也正爭取在家裡-對自己的公民和在名稱戰爭奸商一樣，凱雷和哈利伯頓公司。 We intend to continue our resistance until this stops.”我們打算繼續我們的抵抗，直到這站“ 。
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.憲法權利中心是致力於推進和保護所保證的權利，美國的憲法和世界人權宣言。 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.成立於1966年由律師代表誰的公民權利運動在南方，中央控制室是一個非贏利性的法律和教育組織，致力於創造性地利用法律作為一個積極的力量，為社會變革。 For more information on CCR’s work visit our website at更多信息，對中央控制室的工作訪問我們的網站 www.ccrjustice.org . 。
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