Sam O’Hara reaches $50,000 settlement with local government in First Amendment lawsuit over playing ‘The Imperial March’ ...

It was a warm, early autumn day in D.C. as Sam O’Hara trailed several National Guard members. It had been several weeks since President Donald Trump had declared a “crime emergency” in the nation’s ...

A protester who said he was detained and handcuffed for following National Guard members deployed to the District of Columbia while playing Darth Vader’s theme song has reached a financial settlement ...

Former Olympian Arrested for Touching Lincoln Memorial Pool as Trump Blames Vandals for Damage The president claimed saboteurs used knives and chemicals to wreck a $14.65 million renovation.

WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of a protester who would record videos of himself following members of the National Guard in D.C. as he played the ...

Severe thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon and evening could bring damaging winds, heavy rain, hail and isolated tornadoes. by Winston Rogers WASHINGTON (7News) — D.C. Police will pay a local man who sued ...

Sam O’Hara was playing “Imperial March,” the theme of the film series villains, while protesting the presence of National Guard troops in the capital when he was handcuffed by city police officers. By ...

June 26 (UPI) --The District of Columbia and the American Civil Liberties Union on Friday settled a lawsuit over the wrongful arrest of a man for protesting the National Guard's presence in the ...

A partial settlement has been reached in a First Amendment lawsuit filed by a Washington, D.C., man who was detained after protesting National Guard troops by playing the “Imperial March” from “Star ...

Sam O'Hara was detained in Washington, DC, for playing the "Imperial March" from "Star Wars" behind Ohio National Guard troops patrolling the city in September 2025. The American Civil Liberties Union ...

WUSA-TV Washington, D.C. Posted: June 26, 2026 | Last updated: June 26, 2026 Law enforcement in the District have reached a settlement related to a man playing the Imperial March from Star Wars while ...

“I look out of my window on to the Hollywood sign and the hills around it – I’m not going to lie, it’s a dream view.” Four years after relocating to the US, British executive Tom March is still ...