Minneapolis to pay more than $700,000 to Floyd demonstrators

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The town of Minneapolis pays greater than $700,000 to resolve complaints over extreme pressure by police throughout protests over the loss of life of George Floyd.

Metropolis council members on Thursday permitted 4 separate settlements, with the most important award issued to a bunch of 11 Minnesotans and one Iowa resident. Their class motion lawsuit in federal courtroom accused Minneapolis police of concentrating on them with tear gasoline, rubber bullets and pepper spray as they peacefully protested Floyd’s homicide.

Many of the plaintiffs had been marching alongside the Interstate 35W bridge on Could 31, 2020, when a semitrailer drove into a big crowd. Though no one was critically harm, the swimsuit alleges that police didn’t search to find if anybody was injured and targeted on the security of the truck driver, the Star Tribune reported.

“In different blatant shows of extreme pressure, captured on video, MPD officers will be seen spraying tear gasoline and pepper spray indiscriminately out of their squad automobile home windows whereas driving by peaceable protests,” in keeping with a 60-page civil swimsuit.

The council unanimously voted to award $50,000 to every named plaintiff within the case.