- New York 04/02/2015 (AP)

An activist lawyer arrested during the Occupy Wall Street protests will receive $25,000 in a settlement with New York City.

Alexander Penley had claimed in a lawsuit he was beaten by police for allegedly attacking a police sergeant during a 2012 confrontation.

The Daily News says Penley said police continued to hound him even after the charges against him were dropped.

The lawsuit said he was arrested again later on a bogus criminal mischief charge that a grand jury refused to indict him on.

The suit said he was jailed again after being arrested in Virginia in 2013 for having an open warrant in New York - even though both cases were closed.

A city law department spokesman says the settlement was in the best interest of the city.