华盛顿市在两起诉讼中达成了160万美元的和解，其中包括对2017年1月前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)就职期间无故逮捕抗议者和对抗议者过度使用武力的指控。
这两起诉讼是由哥伦比亚特区美国公民自由联盟和律师杰弗瑞·莱特代表抗议者提起的。
美国公民自由联盟在声明关于周一的和解，该诉讼称，当时的警察局长彼得·纽瑟姆和20多名警察“参与或监督违反宪法的行为，包括无正当理由大规模逮捕示威者，非法监禁被拘留者，和/或过度使用武力。”
美国公民自由联盟表示，尽管只有少数抗议者造成了损害并参与了暴力活动，但警方逮捕了200多名抗议者，并“将他们拘留长达16小时，不让他们获得食物、水或厕所。”
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反对唐纳德·特朗普总统的抗议者在游行时举起手
在美国广播公司新闻的要求下，伦敦警察厅拒绝置评。
全国各地都发生了针对特朗普就职的抗议活动，在华盛顿，示威者与警察发生冲突，损坏了财产，甚至放火焚烧了一辆豪华轿车。纽瑟姆当时承认，“非常、非常小比例”的抗议者是暴力或破坏性的。
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1月1日，在当选总统唐纳德·特朗普就职典礼之前，警察拘留了一名抗议者
伦敦警察厅官员的行为受到了该市警察投诉委员会的调查。
在…里董事会发布的报告2017年2月，该委员会对哥伦比亚特区市长穆里尔·布瑟的结论是，"虽然在许多情况下，公共工程部以符合宪法的方式开展活动，但在一些情况下，[警察投诉办公室]提出的意见引起了关注和质疑
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一名警察准备在
报告发现，有一些事件，包括警察在没有警告的情况下使用胡椒喷雾，甚至威胁记者的事件。
Washington to pay $1.6M to settle lawsuits after protests at Trump's 2017 inauguration
The city of Washington has reached a $1.6 million settlement in two lawsuits that included allegations of arrests without cause and excessive force on protestors during the inauguration of former President Donald Trump in January 2017.
The two lawsuits were brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia and attorney Jefferey Light, on behalf of protesters.
The ACLU said ina statementabout the settlement Monday that the lawsuit alleged that then-Police Chief Peter Newsham and more than 20 officers "engaged in or supervised constitutional violations including mass arrests of demonstrators without probable cause, unlawful conditions of confinement for detainees, and/or use of excessive force."
The ACLU said that even though just a few protesters caused damage and engaged in violence, police rounded up more than 200 protestors and "detained them without access to food, water, or restrooms for up to 16 hours."
The Metropolitan Police Department declined to comment after a request from ABC News.
Protests over Trump's inauguration happened across the country, and in Washington demonstrators clashed with police, damaged property, and even set a limousine on fire. Newsham acknowledged at the time that "a very, very small percentage" of the protesters were violent or destructive.
The conduct of Metropolitan Police Department officers was investigated by the city's Police Complaints Board.
Ina report the board issuedto D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser in February 2017, the board concluded that, "while in many instances MPD conducted activities in a constitutional manner, there are several instances where the observations made by [the Office of Police Complaints] cause concern and raise questions."
The report found that there were incidents including incidents where the police used pepper spray without warning and even threatened journalists.
