Proposed settlement in H.S. raid case OK'd

[NorthernSun]

A federal judge gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a $1.2 million plan to settle lawsuits filed over a high school drug sweep where police drew their guns.

Surveillance videotapes captured the 2003 raid, in which officers ordered students to lie on the floor and used a dog to search them. Police found no drugs and no arrests were made, but the raid provoked marches and the resignation of the school's principal.
http://24hour.startribune.com/24hour/nation/story/3250596p-12018413c.html

[High Plains]

1. Good. Let the goddamned nazis pay out the ass.

[NYC]

2. They should pay.

Nice to read the outcome (pending appeal) of this incident.

[DemInDistress]

3. I don't believe there can be an appeal if the case is settled

out of court..once the judge signs off and approves the deal..CASE CLOSED..

correct me if I'm wrong.

[NYC]

4. I didn't realize it was settled out of court.

I was losing my connection, so didn't get the article. That's good. It is indeed settled.

[ConcernedCanuk]

5. And this is happening in "the home of the free and the land of the brave"

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sumthing REALLY wrong is happening down there

the "terrorist" threat is your own government methinks . .