First Amendment activists Mitch Kahle and Kevin Hughes are $100,000 richer — thanks to a settlement in their favor. The two sued the state after they were roughed up by Capitol security as they protested a Senate invocation in April 2010.

“We’re pleased with the settlement, primarily because it sends a message to government that peaceful protest cannot be treated violently,” he told Civil Beat Tuesday (March 13). “And now that the sergeant-at-arms and sheriff’s deputies have received training as a result of our lawsuit, we hope that this type of experience never happens again.” 

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