Denver Will Pay More Than $1.5 Million to Protesters Over Claims That Police Injured Them in 2020 Protests

Denver will pay more than $1.5 million in another set of cases involving the Denver Police Department. City Council approved the payments this week.

The settlement involves a lawsuit on behalf of more than 30 people claiming they were injured by police during the 2020 racial justice protests. The nearly $1.5 million lawsuit is the latest in a number of costly claims involving protesters injured by weapons like tear gas and PepperBalls.

Birk Baumgartner, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said cases like this are typically difficult to try because they involve a group of injured protesters who did not seek medical treatment. But he and other lawyers gathered a large enough group together to bring a case.

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