Bronx Panhandler Wins $100K Lawsuit Against City

[RDU-JFK]

http://wcbstv.com/local/local_story_346095019.html

This guy sued the city for being arrested for panhandling 27 times. Apparently the city law that arrested pan handlers was declared unconstitutional in 1992.

Nice quick way to make $100k without finding a job. Boy do I hate this city.

[moose135]

Boy do I hate this city.

I don't blame you - arresting someone for a law which was declared unconstitutional over a decade ago. Sort of like when the police started enforcing the law about photography on the subways, even though it was only a proposal and was never actually passed by the city council.

[Matt Molnar]

This is nothing compared to my two favorites... $14 million won by a woman who lost her legs but failed to die while attempting suicide by laying in front of an E train (she claimed she changed her mind and was actually trying to get back to the platform), and $76 million won by a guy who was paralyzed by police bullets after refusing to drop his Uzi (I think he claimed the cop never identified himself). I believe both awards were reduced on appeal, but it's bad enough jurors will find the city liable for this nonsense.