前总统唐纳德·特朗普周三解决了一起民事诉讼保安人员暴力袭击抗议者2015年特朗普大厦外。
该案件由Efrain Galicia和其他四名墨西哥裔抗议者针对特朗普及其安全负责人基思·席勒(Keith Schiller)提起，当时双方正在布朗克斯最高法院挑选陪审团，达成了一项保密协议。
2015年9月集会的视频似乎显示，席勒在伸手拿起一个写有“特朗普:让美国再次成为种族主义者”的牌子后，打了加利西亚的脸。
In this Sept. 3, 2015, file photo, demonstrators stand outside of Trump Tower in New York to protest Donald Trump's candidacy for U.S. President.
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原告律师本·迪克特(Ben Dictor)在对美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)的一份声明中表示，“被告正盯着布朗克斯陪审团的枪管，他们将获得支持原告主张的压倒性证据。”。“尽管如此，原告很自豪地解决了他们的索赔，并获得了唐纳德·特朗普对他们在公共人行道上抗议的权利的书面承认。有权有势的人可能会把自己的名字刻在建筑物上，但人行道永远属于人民。”
和解协议是在一项条款中宣布的，该条款称，双方同意此事应该“完全停止”该规定没有披露条款。
“尽管我们急于通过审判来证明此案的轻率，但双方最终还是达成了友好解决。我们对这一结果非常满意，很高兴最终能一劳永逸地解决这件事，”特朗普的律师阿丽娜·哈巴巴说。
由哈巴代表特朗普和原告签署的一份联合声明说，“各方都同意，诉讼中的原告和所有人都有权在公共人行道上进行和平抗议。”
特朗普说席勒“没有做错什么”，并称抗议者是“麻烦制造者”在取证过程中2021年10月。
“我认为他们是麻烦制造者，是的，我这样认为。我认为他们是，”特朗普说，根据一份文字记录。
抗议者表示，他们在曼哈顿第五大道特朗普大厦外的公共人行道上是合法的，当时他们“遭到袭击，他们的财产被摧毁。”他们的诉讼还声称侵犯了他们的言论自由权。
其中两名抗议者穿着三k党的服装，以引起人们对大卫·杜克在竞选期间支持特朗普移民政策的关注。
Donald Trump reaches settlement with protesters who allege they were assaulted by his security
Former PresidentDonald Trumpsettled a civil lawsuit Wednesday that alleged hissecurity guards violently assaulted protestersoutside Trump Tower in 2015.
The case, brought by Efrain Galicia and four other protesters of Mexican origin against Trump and his head of security, Keith Schiller, was in the middle of jury selection in Bronx Supreme Court when the parties came to a confidential agreement.
Video from the September 2015 rally appeared to show Schiller smacking Galicia in the face after he reached for a sign that said "Trump: Make America Racist Again."
"Defendants were staring down the barrel of a Bronx jury who were about to be presented with overwhelming evidence in support of plaintiffs’ claims," Ben Dictor, the plaintiffs' attorney, said in a statement to ABC News. "Nevertheless, plaintiffs are proud to have settled their claims and to have obtained written recognition by Donald Trump of their right to protest on the public sidewalk. Powerful men may put their names on buildings, but the sidewalk will always belong to the people."
The settlement was announced in a stipulation that said the two sides agreed the matter should be "discontinued in its entirety." The stipulation did not disclose terms.
"Although we were eager to proceed to trial to demonstrate the frivolousness of this case, the parties were ultimately able to come to an amicable resolution. We are very pleased with this outcome and are happy to finally put this matter to rest once and for all," Trump's attorney, Alina Habba, said.
A joint statement from Trump, signed by Habba on his behalf, and the plaintiffs, said, "The parties all agree that the plaintiffs in the action, and all people, have a right to engage in peaceful protest on public sidewalks."
Trump said Schiller "did nothing wrong" and called the protesters "troublemakers"during a depositionin October 2021.
"I think they were troublemakers, yes I do. I think they were," Trump said, according to a transcript.
The protesters said they were lawfully on the public sidewalk outside Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan when they were "attacked and their property destroyed." Their lawsuit also alleged infringement on their free speech rights.
Two of the protesters wore Ku Klux Klan outfits to call attention to David Duke's endorsement of Trump's immigration policies during the campaign.
