The District of Columbia has reached a settlement agreement for an undisclosed amount of money with a resident who claims police illegally detained him for following an Ohio National Guard patrol while playing Darth Vader’s theme song from “Star Wars” on his phone.
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The District of Columbia has reached a settlement agreement for an undisclosed amount of money with a resident who claims police illegally detained him for following an Ohio National Guard patrol while playing Darth Vader’s theme song from “Star Wars” on his phone.
The District of Columbia has agreed to a settlement with a resident who sued the city and four police officers after he was detained last year for following National Guard troops while playing music from the “Star Wars” franchise. The District of Columbia has reached a settlement agreement for an undisclosed amount of money with a resident who claims police illegally detained him for following an Ohio National Guard patrol while playing Darth Vader’s theme song from “Star Wars” on his phone. A partial settlement has been reached in a First Amendment lawsuit filed by a Washington, D.C., man who was detained after protesting National Guard troops by playing the “Imperial March” from “Star Wars” behind them last year.
The Hill reported the story as "Settlement reached in ‘Star Wars’ detention lawsuit over National Guard protester in DC." The Seattle Times reported the story as "DC reaches court settlement with man detained while protesting troops' patrol with Darth Vader song." Washington Examiner reported the story as "DC to pay 'significant amount' to man who played Star Wars 'Imperial march' behind National Guard."
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4 sources have covered this story, including The Seattle Times, The Independent, The Hill and Washington Examiner. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 1 hour ago.
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