The District has agreed to pay $8.25 million to the nearly 400 people arrested and hog-tied for up to 24 hours during a 2002 anti-globalization protest in Pershing Park. The settlement with the class action group led by the Partnership for Civil Justice was announced Tuesday.

The deal also requires the police department and the attorney general’s office to better track evidence following findings over the course of the seven-year lawsuit that officials destroyed evidence connected to the case. Plaintiffs will receive about $18,000 each.