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[h=2]Elizabeth Evon Nichols, 23, became somewhat of a symbol of the Occupy movement when a photo of her being pepper-sprayed by police went viral. Nichols sued the city last August for excessive force but lost her case, and must now pay Portland back the money it spent to defend itself.[/h]
This protester will be occupied with paying back the City of Portland.
Occupy Portland protester Elizabeth Evon Nichols, who gained widespread attention after a photo of her being pepper-sprayed by police went viral, has reportedly been ordered to cough up $7,116.
Nichols, now 23, sued the city last August for excessive force for the fall 2011 incident, saying she suffered unbearable pain in her eyes and throat, nightmares, depression and intensifying eczema, reported The Oregonian. She was seeking $30,000 damages.
But, as the Portland paper points out, the federal jury sided with the city after a four-day trail. Portland was then legally entitled to recover the $7,116 it incurred defending itself from Nichols.
Deputy city attorney David Landrum said that he did not want to drag money out of the Portland State University student, who works as a janitor. So he offered to drop the city's attempt for payback if Nichols would waive an appeal.
She declined. So Portland pursued the money.
The Oregonian said the $7,116 will pay for the clerk, witnesses, transcripts, summons and subpoena, as well as copying costs, docket fees and other costs.
Nichols has not yet paid a dime and interest is accruing at .35 % a year. She is appealing because she argues there were errors during the trial, according to her attorney Benjamin Haile.
Back on Nov. 17, 2011, Nichols linked arms with other Occupy protesters and refused to back down when police ordered them to leave a sidewalk outside a bank. An officer said she pushed Nichols in the throat with her baton. Then Nichols raised her arms in the air, so the officer hit her in the torso with the baton.
At this point, just as Nichols opened her mouth to scream, another officer blasted her in the face with pepper-spray. A photographer for The Oregonian captured that exact moment and Nichols turned into a bit of a symbol for those sympathetic to the Occupy movement who consider the scuffle an instance of police brutality.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...ayed-ordered-pay-city-7-116-article-1.1592070
One of my all time favorite photos.....
This protester will be occupied with paying back the City of Portland.
Occupy Portland protester Elizabeth Evon Nichols, who gained widespread attention after a photo of her being pepper-sprayed by police went viral, has reportedly been ordered to cough up $7,116.
Nichols, now 23, sued the city last August for excessive force for the fall 2011 incident, saying she suffered unbearable pain in her eyes and throat, nightmares, depression and intensifying eczema, reported The Oregonian. She was seeking $30,000 damages.
But, as the Portland paper points out, the federal jury sided with the city after a four-day trail. Portland was then legally entitled to recover the $7,116 it incurred defending itself from Nichols.
Deputy city attorney David Landrum said that he did not want to drag money out of the Portland State University student, who works as a janitor. So he offered to drop the city's attempt for payback if Nichols would waive an appeal.
She declined. So Portland pursued the money.
The Oregonian said the $7,116 will pay for the clerk, witnesses, transcripts, summons and subpoena, as well as copying costs, docket fees and other costs.
Nichols has not yet paid a dime and interest is accruing at .35 % a year. She is appealing because she argues there were errors during the trial, according to her attorney Benjamin Haile.
Back on Nov. 17, 2011, Nichols linked arms with other Occupy protesters and refused to back down when police ordered them to leave a sidewalk outside a bank. An officer said she pushed Nichols in the throat with her baton. Then Nichols raised her arms in the air, so the officer hit her in the torso with the baton.
At this point, just as Nichols opened her mouth to scream, another officer blasted her in the face with pepper-spray. A photographer for The Oregonian captured that exact moment and Nichols turned into a bit of a symbol for those sympathetic to the Occupy movement who consider the scuffle an instance of police brutality.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...ayed-ordered-pay-city-7-116-article-1.1592070
One of my all time favorite photos.....
