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Denver to Pay $4.7M to Settle Claims it Targeted George Floyd Protesters

Aug 31 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...

Jury in California Awards $3.75M to Protester Hit by Hard-Foam Projectiles

Aug 29 2023 // A jury awarded $3.75 million in damages this week to a protester shot twice with hard-foam projectiles fired by Los Angeles police during demonstrations in 2020. Jurors ruled that the LA Police Department was negligent...

St. Louis Police Protesters Being Receiving Shares of $4.9 million Settlement

Aug 7 2023 // ST. LOUIS (AP) – Some of the people who were arrested during a 2017 protest over the acquittal of a white police officer in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith have started receiving their share of a $4.9 million...

Social Media Influencer Facing Riot Charges After Mayhem Breaks Loose in NYC

Aug 7 2023 // Social media influencer Kai Cenat is facing charges of inciting a riot and promoting an unlawful gathering in New York City, after the online streamer drew thousands of his followers, many of them teenagers, with promises...

Protester Sues Police for Over Arrest Near Maine Home of Federalist Society’s Leo

Jul 24 2023 // A demonstrator arrested outside the home of conservative legal activist Leonard Leo contends police violated his First Amendment rights. Eli Durand-McDonnell, 24, of Bar Harbor, contends in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday...

New York City Agrees to Pay $13M to Settle Suits Over Arrests of 2020 Protesters

Jul 21 2023 // New York City has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought on behalf of roughly 1,300 people who were arrested or beaten by police during racial injustice demonstrations that swept...

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