Lansdale Gun Rights Advocate Gets $25K Settlement from Philly

Lansdale open-carry law advocate Mark Fiorino, who filed a civil rights lawsuit against Philadelphia Police this month, has accepted an offer from the city of Philadelphia to allow a $25,000 judgement be entered against all defendants and in favor of Fiorino.

The court filing can be found here: http://www.aclupa.org/downloads/Fiorino3812.pdf

“This was never about the money," said Benjamin Picker, of McCausland Keen and Buckman, the attorneys representing Fiorino along with the ACLU of Pennsylvania. "Mr. Fiorino was seeking change in the way the city trains its police officers and vindication in connection with the violation of his constitutional rights.  The city and the individual officers, including Commissioner Ramsey, have agreed to the entry of a judgment against them, which shows that they are cognizant of having violated Mr. Fiorino’s constitutional rights."

Picker said that in interim of the lawsuit filing, the city of Philadelphia has taken steps to train its officers on the rights at issue in this case to prevent this from happening again.

You can read the initial story of Fiorino and his lawsuit against Philadelphia Police

You can read the original ACLU complaint here: http://www.aclupa.org/legal/legaldocket/fiorinovcityofphiladelphia.htm