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NYC's Top 0.1 Percent Makes Four Times The Income Of The Bottom Half Of Earners
That's 3,700 people making quadruple what 1.8 million people do.
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Nathan Tempey
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Activist Who Punched Brooklyn Jewish Leader At Protest Goes On The Lam
Officials believe that he skipped probation and is living in Turkey.
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Nathan Tempey
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Duo Who Flipped Off Cops & Got Arrested Reach $52K Settlement With City
Disorderly conduct charges against the duo were dropped.
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Emma Whitford
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OWS Lawsuit Aims To Stop The NYPD From Targeting Free Speech
The lawsuit asserts that arresting protesters for no reason is part of a "pattern, policy, and practice of the NYPD misapplying the disorderly conduct statute to peaceful protesters in New York City."
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Christopher Robbins
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OWS Protester Who Had Her Breast Grabbed By NYPD Sergeant Gets $95K Settlement
The protester argued that "the police department demonstrated a pattern of sexual misconduct against female OWS activists."
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Christopher Robbins
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Court Rules That OWS Pepper Spray Victim Can Sue For Excessive Force
"If these officers had been the least bit courteous, none of this would have happened."
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Emma Whitford
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OWS Pepper Spray Victim Get $55K, Sets It Aside For "Occu-Baby"
Who now has an occu-fund for college.
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Emma Whitford
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Famed OWS Pepper-Spray Victims Get $60K Each From The City
Taxpayers have Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna to thank.
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Nathan Tempey
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Councilman Awarded $30,000 In Settlement With NYC Over OWS Arrest
Rodriguez was wrongfully arrested and roughed up by cops on the night they forcibly evicted Occupy Wall Street from Zuccotti Park.
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Rebecca Fishbein
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NYC Has Paid Out Nearly Half A Billion Dollars In Police-Related Settlements Since 2009
The FY 2015 budget sets aside $674 million to pay judgements and settlements for claims brought against the City.
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Christopher Robbins
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