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M.B. Cottingham, the 40-year-old District resident who was subjected to an unconstitutional and exceedingly invasive bodily search by Metropolitan Police Department officer Sean Lojacono in September 2017, has agreed to settle his lawsuit against the officer for an undisclosed amount.
In a vote of 10 to 2, the D.C. Council tonight passed Bill 22-408, the Fare Evasion Decriminalization Amendment Act of 2018.
The ACLU and 25 women’s rights organizations have filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging a federal appeals court to reconsider a legal ruling that makes it more difficult for women to fight unlawful sex-based pay disparities under the Equal Pay Act.
The ACLU of the District of Columbia applauds the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety of the D.C. Council for advancing Bill 22-408, the Fare Evasion Decriminalization Amendment Act of 2017, out of committee.