Settlement reached in lawsuit by man for flag-burning arrest
(World News USA)

CHICAGO (AP) - A central Illinois man has settled a lawsuit filed against the Urbana Police Department for his 2016 arrest following a Facebook posting of a picture showing him burning a U.S. flag. Bryton Mellott was represented by the American Civil Liberties Union in his lawsuit for which he will receive $15,000 with the settlement. He will also receive $20,000 for attorneys` fees. The 22-year-old Mellott`s lawsuit was filed against four members of the Urbana Police Department who arrested him on Independence Day 2016 under Illinois` 1989 flag-desecration law. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the law unconstitutional that year. In June, U.S. ......