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Apr. 21, 2007

City Settles Suit Over Man's Disturbing-the-Peace Arrest

LOS ANGELES - Santa Barbara police are being trained in the fine points of making disturbing-the-peace arrests as part of the settlement of a lawsuit that claimed officers violated a man's free-speech rights when they took him into custody while he publicly recited the names of military casualties in the Iraq war.

By Alexa Hyland
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - Santa Barbara police are being trained in the fine points of making disturbing-the-peace arrests as part of the settlement of a lawsuit that claimed officers violated a man's free-speech rights when they took him into custody while he publicly recited the names of military casualties in the Iraq war.
      The suit, filed by the American...

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