Bush Protesters Get $50,000 State Settlement (Strip-Searched during 2004 Bush Campaign Stop)

[Hissyspit]

Source: Associated Press

Bush protesters get $50,000 state settlement

Associated Press
6:47 PM CDT, August 15, 2008
DES MOINES, Iowa - State records show that a $50,000 judgment has been awarded to two retired school teachers who were strip-searched during a 2004 campaign stop by President Bush.

The State Appeal Board recently approved the out-of-court settlement for Alice McCabe and Christine Nelson. They brought a claim against the Iowa Department of Public Safety after two state troopers arrested them at a rally in Cedar Rapids in September 2004. The charges were later dropped.

In June, a federal jury awarded the women $750,000 on their claim that their constitutional rights were violated.

Authorities have said the women were arrested because they refused to obey reasonable security restrictions at the rally. But the women claimed they were taken into custody because they had a dissenting opinion from the Bush administration.

Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ia-bushprotesters,0,2510112.story

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[Iwillnevergiveup]

1. Dang! Nuthin' the matter with Iowa

Wasn't it in Des Moines where a group tried to arrest Karl Rove? A veritable field of dreams.
Dang again! I'm gonna rent that movie again - true Hawkeye spirit!:toast: :thumbsup:

[VP505]

2. Its too bad the Taxpayers

will be footing the bill, if Booo$h had to pay out of his pocket the ruling might be more meaningful.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. 4 years later.

[Hissyspit]

4. .

[LiberalFighter]

5. Settlement should had also include the requirement that...

Bush, Cheney and other parties be strip searched on national tv.

I know it would be distasteful to watch but it would also embarrass them.