The city of New York has agreed to pay out about $230,000 to settle charges filed by over 100 people arrested during the Republican National Convention. The National Lawyers Guild sued the city for violating multiple court orders to release protesters from jail. The lawsuit accused the city of purposely delaying the processing of jailed protesters in order to keep them locked up until after President Bush left the city. National Lawyers Guild attorney Gideon Oliver said “This is just one step in addressing the outrageous violations of constitutional rights of the over 1,800 protesters and bystanders arrested often in indiscriminate mass sweeps.” The city is still facing possiblly hundreds of lawsuits connected to the mass arrests. 570 notices of claim have been filed with the city totaling $859 million in charges. To date few of the protesters arrested have actually been convicted of crimes. According to the New York Times, 83 percent of the cases that have run their full course ended in dismissals or acquittals.