{"id":144671,"date":"2023-07-21T09:15:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T13:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=144671"},"modified":"2023-07-20T16:21:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T20:21:07","slug":"new-york-city-to-pay-around-13-7-million-in-damages-to-george-floyd-rioters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=144671","title":{"rendered":"New York City to pay around $13.7 million in damages to George Floyd rioters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New York City settled a class-action lawsuit filed in federal court. The George Floyd rioters behind the lawsuit argued that the New York Police Department violated their rights via “unlawful” tactics. The 1,380 individuals who were arrested and or experienced force in the hands of the police officers will receive $10,000 each. Many of these rioters argued that their first amendment rights were impeded.<\/p>\n

From the Post Millennial:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the New York Times, under the terms of the settlement, the city would pay around $10,000 to each of the 1,380 people who were “arrested and\/or subjected to force by NYPD officers” during the 2020 riots in Manhattan and Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

While a number of those involved in the class action lawsuit had been arrested, many were not, and simply claimed that they had had the ability to exercise their First Amendment rights impeded.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Business Insider, lead attorney for the plaintiffs, Elena Cohen, said the goal of the lawsuit was to protect peoples’ rights.<\/p>\n

“This is about people in New York City being able to protest, being able to be in the streets, being able to say what they think about the government,” she said, “and to do it without being afraid that they’re going to be physically hurt.”<\/p>\n

Lawyers for the city argued that the protests were often not peaceful, highlighting that some “devolved to looting and rioting.”<\/p>\n

“Protesters set police cars ablaze; vandalized precinct houses; threw rocks, bricks, bottles at officers; stabbed, punched, bit officers; and hurled Molotov cocktails at officers,” they added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Post Millennial has the rest of the article, and a link to an interview, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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