Denver Approves a $4.72 Million Settlement With Black Lives Matter Protesters Arrested in 2020

The costs of lawsuits filed in the wake of Denver’s 2020 protests continue to pile up.

The Denver City Council approved paying $4.72 million Monday to settle claims representing hundreds of people arrested for violating an emergency curfew put in place by the city during the 2020 protests sparked by George Floyd’s murder by police officers in Minneapolis.

Denver’s councilmembers approved the settlement, which was on their consent agenda, without discussion at Monday’s meeting.

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