Category: George Floyd riots

NYC Agrees to $13 Million Settlement With BLM Demonstrators

July 20, 2023
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New York City has agreed to pay out $13 million in a settlement with more than 1,300 protesters who were arrested or allegedly being brutalized by police officers while attending 18 different protest events in the city in the summer of 2020. On Thursday, a group of law firms representing the protesters in a federal…

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Rep. Matt Gaetz Asks FBI Whether Agents Were Rewarded for Kneeling During 2020 Riots

June 30, 2023
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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is demanding answers from the FBI regarding agents who knelt before Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters in Washington during riots in 2020. On June 27, Gaetz sent a letter (pdf) to FBI Director Christopher Wray asking for information related to the conduct of FBI agents on duty in Washington on June 4,…

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Philly Agrees to $9.2 Million Payout Over Police Response to 2020 Protests

March 21, 2023
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The city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay $9.25 million to about 350 people who were injured when police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to break up protests following George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis Police custody. The payout agreement settles a group of four lawsuits against the city, over actions Philadelphia Police officers…

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New York City Agrees to Pay Hundreds of Black Lives Matter Demonstrators For Arrest Tactics

March 2, 2023
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The New York City government has agreed to pay more than 300 Black Lives Matter demonstrators $21,500 each to settle a lawsuit over the crowd control tactics policy used in response to demonstrations in the summer of 2020. In July 2020, a group of four activists brought a lawsuit against the city on behalf of…

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