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Jury awards $14M to George Floyd protesters in Denver

Published March 25, 2022 6:33 PM

By COLLEEN SLEVIN
Associated Press

DENVER (AP) — 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. The jury reached its verdict Friday after a three-week civil rights trial in federal court. Lawyers involved believe it was the first lawsuit challenging police tactics during the country’s 2020 protests to go to trial. One of the protesters’ lawyers hopes the verdict will send a message to other police departments. Denver admitted that mistakes were made during the protests but said the demonstrations were unprecedented in their size and level of violence.

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