New York to pay $15 million in wrongful loitering arrests – msnbc.com

February 9, 2012 Posted By: Leave a comment
New York City has agreed to pay a total of $15 million in compensation to some 22,000 people who were illegally arrested or issued citations over three decades under loitering laws long ago ruled unconstitutional, according to a class-action settlement.
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