NYC Liable for False Arrests at 2004 Republican Convention
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The city of New York is legally liable to some anti-war protesters arrested during the 2004 Republican National Convention, a federal judge ruled.
U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan in Manhattan today granted a request for a judgment before trial by protesters arrested in a march on Manhattan’s Fulton Street on Aug. 31, 2004, ruling they were victims of false arrest.