A partial settlement has been reached in a First Amendment lawsuit filed by a Washington, D.C., man who was detained after ...

The Metropolitan Police Department has agreed to settle a lawsuit with a man who said his First Amendment rights were ...

Sam O’Hara was playing “Imperial March,” the theme of the film series villains, while protesting the presence of National Guard troops in the capital when he was handcuffed by city police officers.

Sam O’Hara, a D.C. resident represented by the ACLU of the District of Columbia, said he is satisfied with the settlement but ...

A District resident who was briefly detained and handcuffed in D.C. last month for following an Ohio National Guard patrol while playing “The Imperial March” from Star Wars on his phone has filed a ...

A man who says he was detained by police for following a National Guard patrol while playing Darth Vader's theme song from Star Wars on his phone has sued the District of Columbia, claiming the ...