Settlement reached with journalists arrested during 2008 Republican National Convention

pioneer press ^ | 10-4-11 | brady gervais

[WOBBLY BOB]

The cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, as well as other defendants, have settled with "Democracy Now!" journalists who sued over their arrests while they were covering the 2008 Republican National Convention.

As part of the settlement, the cities and the U.S. Secret Service will pay a total of $100,000, said Anjana Samant, a Center for Constitutional Rights attorney who represented journalists Amy Goodman, Nicole Salazar and Sharif Abdel Kouddous.

The settlement was reached Thursday night and recorded Friday in U.S. District Court, Samant said. The cities agreed to pay a combined $90,000; the federal government agreed to pay $10,000.

[WOBBLY BOB]

13,000 journalists were there? I had no idea.

[cableguymn]

Lay down with dogs. Get up with fleas.

Sets a bad precedence. Everyone will start showing up to protests with moveon.org press passes.

[Buckeye McFrog]

probably no better way to earn your bona fides with the Indy Media crowd...get roughed up at a Republican event.

[WOBBLY BOB]

It's too bad the article doesn't state the process to get press ‘credentials’.