LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Three homeless men mistakenly arrested last year on charges of sleeping too close to a pile of feces have settled a lawsuit against the city for $45,000.
Eastman Webber, David Hicks and Jerry Halfpap each received a check for $10,000 in the settlement of their federal civil rights lawsuit, according to American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada, which sued on their behalf.
City spokesman Jace Radke confirmed the settlement Thursday.
The men were arrested in November for violating a provision of a Las Vegas ordinance no longer on the books. The city council had approved the ordinance in August, making it illegal to sleep within 500 feet of a deposit of feces or urine, but then repealed it in September.
City Attorney Brad Jerbic has said that part of the ordinance was a mistake.
Good thing they don't have that law in DC or Ottawa. I'm just saying...
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