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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael Kunzelman

DC will pay $50,000 to man detained while protesting guard patrol with 'Star Wars' song, record says

Trump White House - (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The District of Columbia has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a resident who accused police officers of illegally detaining him for following an Ohio National Guard patrol while playing Darth Vader’s theme song from “Star Wars” on his cellphone, according to a document released Monday.

The plaintiff, Sam O’Hara, sued the district, four Metropolitan Police Department officers and a guard member from Ohio over what he says was his act of protest against President Donald Trump's federal law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C.

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