New York City Agrees to Pay $13.7 Million to George Floyd Protesters
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The city said in a federal court filing Wednesday it would pay more than 1,300 protesters who said they had been beaten and arrested during demonstrations in 2020.
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New York City has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a class action lawsuit that accuses the city’s police department of using unlawful tactics against protesters following the death of George Floyd, according to a proposed settlement filed in a Manhattan federal court Wednesday.
The city said in a federal court filing Wednesday it would pay more than 1,300 protesters who said they had been beaten and arrested during demonstrations in 2020.
New York City has agreed to pay protesters who were arrested during the George Floyd riots in the summer of 2020, in what could be the most expensive payout ever for a lawsuit surrounding mass arrests.
The city settled a lawsuit that said unlawful police tactics had violated the rights of more than 1,000 people who protested after Mr. Floyd’s killing.
New York City has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought on behalf of roughly 1,300 people who were arrested or beaten by police during racial injustice demonstrations that swept through the city during the summer of 2020.
