SAN
FRANCISCO (AP) — The University of California is set to pay nearly $1 million
to settle a lawsuit filed by demonstrators who were pepper-sprayed during an
Occupy protest at UC Davis last fall.
UC and
plaintiffs represented by the American Civil Liberties Union filed the
preliminary settlement in federal court in Sacramento on Wednesday. The
agreement is subject to the approval of a federal judge.
Under the
proposal, UC will pay $30,000 to each of 21 plaintiffs named in the complaint
and an additional $250,000 for their attorneys to split.
The
settlement also calls for the UC to set aside $100,000 to pay other individuals
who can prove they were arrested or pepper-sprayed during the Nov. 18, 2011,
incident.
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| Police
lieutenant John Pike pepper sprays students at UC
Davis. Photograph:
Brian Nguyen/Reuters
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