ATLANTA (AP) — City officials are set to offer a well-known Atlanta street performer $20,000 to settle a lawsuit in which he says police violated his rights to free speech.
Multiple news outlets report that 62-year-old Bob Jamerson, commonly known as “Baton Bob,” says police violated his rights when he was arrested in Atlanta nearly two years ago.
Jamerson is known for dancing on city sidewalks in costume.
In June 2013, Jamerson donned a white wedding dress and staged a performance he says celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision to end the federal gay marriage ban.
When officers asked him to leave the area, he refused and kicked officers.
Police arrested Jamerson for simple assault but later dismissed the charges.
The settlement still needs to be approved by the full Atlanta City Council.
- Posted May 25, 2015
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
City offers street performer $20K after 2013 arrest
headlines Macomb
- Working to help restore no-fault safeguards
- Nessel announces new DAG opioid settlement website
- Experts to discuss AI, privacy, pregnancy post-Dobbs and more at ABA meeting
- MSHDA Board approves modification to Housing and Community Development Fund in March meeting
- Visa, Mastercard settle long-running antitrust suit over swipe fees with merchants
headlines National
- 50 Years of Service: ABA has been a ‘stalwart ally’ for LSC funding
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- Biden recalls time he bluffed knowledge of torts case and why he changed his mind about civil-trial work
- Lawyers’ ‘barrage of personal attacks’ on opponents started with tissue-box toss, appeals court says
- Longtime prosecutor resigns after judge tosses him from case, citing Perry Mason-type revelations
- 24% of law students expect to work in public service, survey says