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We Will Never Forget
Every Federal agency looks for that. Congressional reports can effect funding levels tremendously. However, you can't have a line item in your budget proposal asking for "Funding to defend/settle lawsuits for unlawful searches/detention". Somehow I think the budget committee would give that a
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I don't see why. NYPD has a line item in it's budget just for that little thing. I believe the annual amount is about $40 million. NYPD for some strange reason tends to lose in civil court and thus most lawsuits are settled before trial.