Hero Grandmothers Awarded $750,000 After Illegal Strip Search By Linn County Iowa Jailer Michelle Mais Following Arrest At G.W.Bush Campaign Rally Protest
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The eight-member jury deliberated almost four hours in the U.S. District Court of Northern Iowa civil case of protesters, Alice McCabe and Christine Nelson versus Bruce Macauley, a secret service agent, and Michelle Mais, a former Linn County jailer.
The women sued the defendants for violating their freedom of speech and assembly and equal protection rights.
The jury found in favor of Macauley, the agent who arrested the women for not moving from a secure area in Noelridge Park on Sept. 3, 2004. The jury, according to the verdict form questions, indicated he wasn’t motivated by politics and made a reasonable arrest. Macauley also doesn’t have to pay damages for his part in the incident.
McCabe was awarded $250,000 and Nelson $500,000 for losses and harms Mais caused by strip-searching the women against county policy. The women were charged with a simple misdemeanor, which doesn’t warrant a strip-search.
None of the attorneys was present in the courtroom for the verdict. They were contacted by phone.
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