The two freelance journalists alleged they were illegally arrested. As part of the $175,000 settlement, the city did not admit wrongdoing.
In all, 234 people were arrested during the unrest on the Inauguration Day in downtown D.C. Authorities alleged that demonstrators caused about $100,000 of property damage across many blocks downtown, shattering windows on businesses and vehicles. Police, in turn, rounded up people en masse and fired pepper spray and other nonlethal munitions.Twenty-one of the 234 defendants pleaded guilty before trial — the only convictions arising from the arrests.
A spokeswoman for the city’s Office of the Attorney General declined to comment on the settlement with the freelance journalists. The six-page settlement noted that the city and its police officers “deny all liability and all factual claims” alleged by the journalists and their attorney. “Nothing in this agreement is an admission of liability, duty, or wrongdoing by any party or an admission that any policy, practice, or procedure of the District, its officers, officials, employees, attorneys, agents, and servants, at any time or in any way, violated federal or District of Columbia law,” according to the filing.to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that police unlawfully detained more than 200 protesters in mass arrests during the demonstrations.
A spokeswoman for the Attorney General’s office said the settlement with the journalists was the final lawsuit outstanding among those that challenged arrests carried out during the inauguration. In a news release announcing the settlement, representatives of Wood — who advocates for abolishing the police — said he would be donating part of the settlement to social justice organizations.
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