Jury awards $14M to George Floyd protesters in Denver

[Elderberry]

ABC News By COLLEEN SLEVIN 3/25/2022

A jury has awarded $14 million in damages to protesters over the actions of police in Denver during demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd two years ago

Jurors on Friday found police used excessive force against protesters, violating their constitutional rights, during demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd two years ago, ordering the city to pay a total of $14 million in damages to a group of 12 who sued.

The jury of two men and six women, largely white and drawn from around Colorado, returned its verdict after about four hours of deliberations. The verdict followed three weeks of testimony and evidence that included police and protester video of incidents.

Lawyers involved believed it was the first trial in a lawsuit challenging officer tactics during the 2020 protests that erupted around the nation over the police killing of Floyd and other Black people.

The protesters who sued were shot at or hit by everything from pepper spray to a Kevlar-bag filled with lead shot fired from a shotgun. Zach Packard, who was hit in the head by the shotgun blast and ended up in the intensive care unit, received the largest damage amount — $3 million.

One of the protesters' lawyers, Timothy Macdonald, had urged jurors to send a message to police in Denver and elsewhere by finding the city liable during closing arguments.

More: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/jury-awards-14m-george-floyd-protesters-denver-83680880

[Kamaji]

Too bad more of them weren't killed outright.

[Free Vulcan]

So you can apparently enact all sorts of violence, but no one can touch you.

Unless you 'parade' around the Capitol after the police let you in, then it's over a year in hellhole conditions without even a trial.

[Kamaji]

So you can apparently enact all sorts of violence, but no one can touch you.

Unless you 'parade' around the Capitol after the police let you in, then it's over a year in hellhole conditions without even a trial.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

also here https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,465493.0.html