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Sam O'Hara's Protest Pays Off | Washington DC News
Sam O’Hara walked around D.C. blasting the Darth Vader theme as a protest against federal law enforcement, only to be detained by police after being called in by a National Guard member. Though released without charges, he sued claiming his First and Fourth Amendment rights were violated. With ACLU support, he took the city, police, and a guard to court — and today, D.C. agreed to pay him $50,000 to settle, turning a bizarre protest into a landmark case about protest rights and police power in a city under federal watch. Thank you to our sponsor Garrett Waller Performance…
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