D.C. settles for $50,000 with man detained for playing Darth Vader theme as protest
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The Associated Press
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The District of Columbia has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit from Sam O'Hara, who was detained by police for following an Ohio National Guard patrol while playing Darth Vader's theme from "Star Wars" on his phone as a protest against President Trump's federal law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C. O'Hara sued the district, four MPD officers, and an Ohio Guard member over the alleged illegal detention.
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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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