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D.C. to pay 13.7 million to mistreated World Bank, IMF protesters
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by snuffysmith | November 25, 2009 at 09:18 am
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D.C. to pay 13.7 million to mistreated World Bank, IMF protesters
WASHINGTON — The city of Washington has agreed to pay 13.7 million dollars to some 700 demonstrators and bystanders mistreated by police during demonstrations against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in 2000.
"We think it's an historic settlement. It's the largest settlement for a protest case in Washington D.C. and we believe in the country," Partnership for Civil Justice, which filed the class action lawsuit, said in a statement.
My issue is not with the protestors receiving compensation for mistreatment. As a resident of the District of Columbia, I am outraged that the resident taxpayers of the District have to foot the bill for this and not the Federal Government. The costs of demonstrations against quasi federal institutions engaged in matters affecting foreign policy, should be borne by the US tax payer, and not the residents of DC.
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at 09:51 on November 25th, 2009
Actually the World Bank and International Monetary Fund should foot the bill. r at least half of it.