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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rachel Dobkin

DC protester who played Star Wars music at National Guard settles case against the government

A protester who followed National Guard soldiers in Washington, D.C., playing Star Wars music has reached a settlement with the local government after a lawsuit accused police of violating his First Amendment rights by putting him in handcuffs.

When President Donald Trump sent the National Guard into the streets of the nation’s capital in a so-called effort to crack down on crime last summer, concerned resident Sam O’Hara led a simple, yet consequential protest.

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