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    New Philadelphia district attorney breaks the mold

    by Nina Agrawal, Los Angeles Times Dec 31, 2017 4 minutes

    PHILADELPHIA - For seven weeks in 2011, Occupy Philadelphia protesters camped out in a park next to City Hall to call attention to the economic inequality dividing their city and the influence of corporations in government. Police swarmed the plaza, arresting 52 people on charges of failing to disperse and obstructing a highway.

    The protesters struck back. Attorney Larry Krasner filed a lawsuit against the city and police, alleging that the protesters had been unlawfully arrested while exercising their constitutional rights to free speech and assembly. The city ultimately agreed to settle the case for $200,000.

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