Denver Pays $1.6 Million to Protestors Injured by Police During George Floyd Protests
The Denver City Council voted Monday to approve a total payout of over $1.6 million to seven protesters who were injured by the Denver police during the George Floyd protests in downtown Denver.
The city reached settlement agreements to those protesters who “stood up against police brutality and were met with the very same brutality they were protesting,” read a statement from Killmer, Lane and Newman, a law firm representing the protesters. “These settlements will provide necessary restitution for the violence that the police inflicted upon our clients.”
Those plaintiffs, as part of the settlement, received the following amounts:
- Gabriel Schlough: $575,000;
- Mercii Thomas: $500,000;
- Robert Dayton: $225,000;
- Darrell Hampton: $175,000;
- Eric Weber: $135,000;
- Titus and Diego Peterson: $12,500
The law firm also represented student protester Michael Acker and USA Today reporter Trevor Hughes, who were injured by police in those protests and settled for $500,000 and $485,000, respectively.
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