"The city doled out $185.6 million in fiscal year 2011, or about $70 per resident, to settle suits against the NYPD, a 35 percent jump from the previous fiscal year, records show."
Donna Lieberman, head of the New York Civil Liberties Union, said the city needs to learn from suits, not just pay to get rid of them.
“For the city to settle a case, with a wrongful arrest and civil-rights violations for people who were dancing on the subway platform, speaks volumes about policing in the city of New York,” she told The Post.
