NYC: 4 arrested convention protesters awarded $45K each.

Bettering the $10K per person settlement about 1800 others reached with the city.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/protesters-185000-convention-arrests-24422289

Four people arrested at a protest march during the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City have been awarded $185,000. Theirs was the first trial stemming from lawsuits over convention-related arrests.

A Manhattan federal jury Wednesday awarded each of them $40,000 for being wrongfully arrested, plus a total of $25,000 in punitive damages against a police official.

The four rejected an $18 million settlement the city had reached with 1,800 other convention protesters.