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
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 just being issued tickets for violating the curfew.
The city denied having an official policy of using the curfew against protesters but decided that continuing the lawsuit and going to a trial would be “burdensome and expensive,” according to the settlement.in damages to a group of 12 protesters who claimed police used excessive force against them, violating their constitutional rights, during the demonstrations.
The curfew deal is the latest in a series of settlements related to the 2020 protests over police killings of Floyd and other Black people.to settle lawsuits brought by seven protesters who were injured, The Denver Post reported.
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