To: Mayor Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City
Mayor de Blasio: Accept the Jury's Finding of NYC Police Misconduct at the 2004 Republican Conven...
On July 2, 2014, a Federal Court jury found that New York City police acted with "malice or evil intent" in falsely arresting people at the 2004 Republican National Convention in NYC, awarding punitive and compensatory damages to the four plaintiffs. Mayor de Blasio: we can't reform police misbehavior if we don't admit past mistakes and stop the City from appealing this just and long overdue verdict.
Why is this important?
On July 2, 2014, in New York City (NYC), a Federal Court jury found that NYC police acted with "malice or evil intent" in falsely arresting four individuals at the 2004 Republican National Convention (RNC) in NYC, and awarded punitive damages to the protesters.
This trial -- possibly the first time a "false arrest for protesting" case has gone to trial in decades -- comes six months after an $18 million settlement for the arrests of some 1,800 individuals at the 2004 RNC.
I am one of the four (out of over 1,800) who refused all settlement offers in order to have a trial by jury. It is long overdue for NYC to accept responsibility for the wrongs committed and not continue to drag this process out.
This trial -- possibly the first time a "false arrest for protesting" case has gone to trial in decades -- comes six months after an $18 million settlement for the arrests of some 1,800 individuals at the 2004 RNC.
I am one of the four (out of over 1,800) who refused all settlement offers in order to have a trial by jury. It is long overdue for NYC to accept responsibility for the wrongs committed and not continue to drag this process out.