Bush protesters get $50,000 state settlement
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realitybasedbob
on August 15, 2008 at 11:15 pm
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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.
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