Port Marion, PA to Pay $65,000 Settlement For Arresting Man Who Was Recording Them

Plaintiff represented by the ACLU

Reason Staff | 10.10.2013 10:30 AM

The Point Marion Police Department paid $65,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by a resident who was arrested in 2012 for using his cell phone to record a police officer questioning another person, the American Civil Liberties Union announced Wednesday.

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Port Marion, PA to Pay $65,000 Settlement For Arresting Man Who Was Recording Them

Plaintiff represented by the ACLU

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