Biden Settles Suits Over Trump’s Removal of BLM Protesters

The Biden administration agreed to change U.S. Park Police and Secret Service policies to settle four lawsuits over the violent removal of Black Lives Matter protesters from a park near the White House when former President Donald Trump was in office.

The settlement bars the agencies from revoking protest permits absent “clear and present danger to the public safety” or widespread violations of law that “pose significant threat of injury to persons or property,” the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups said in a statement on Wednesday.

The accord resolves claims filed after hundreds of peaceful racial justice protesters ...