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  • Denver to pay $4.7 million to settle claims it targeted George Floyd protesters for violating curfew

    08/28/2023 4:50:38 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 17 replies
    Associated Press ^ | August 28, 2023
    Denver will pay $4.7 million to settle a class action lawsuit that alleged that protesters were unjustly targeted for violating the city’s curfew during demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd in 2020. City councilors unanimously agreed to the deal Monday without any debate. The lawsuit alleged that the city directed police to only enforce the emergency 8 p.m. curfew against protesters, violating their free speech rights, even though the curfew applied to all people in any public place. It also said that over 300 protesters were taken to jail in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic rather than...