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Minneapolis Will Pay $600,000 To Protesters
For Injuries Sustained In 2020 George
Floyd Demonstrations

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Posted By: Imright, 12/2/2022 9:48:03 AM

A federal court Wednesday approved Minneapolis, Minnesota’s agreement to pay 12 protesters a combined $600,000 for injuries sustained during 2020 demonstrations over George Floyd’s murder. The agreement settled a lawsuit brought by American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota (ACLU-MN) on the protesters’ behalf, and bars Minneapolis from arresting or using physical force including chemical agents against people demonstrating legally, according to a Wednesday ACLU-MN press release. The Minnesota U.S. District Court’s injunction concluding the lawsuit Wednesday mandates body-camera recordings for Minneapolis officers deployed to protests and limits their use of chemical agents for peaceful protest dispersion.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 12/2/2022 9:52:36 AM (No. 1347298)
FTA - "“Tear gas, foam bullets and pepper spray became weapons for intimidating and hurting protesters, making it dangerous for people to exercise their First Amendment rights,” ACLU-MN Legal Director Teresa Nelson said. “We hope this settlement sends a message to law enforcement across Minnesota that this violation of our constitutional rights will not be tolerated.” " This is pure garbage.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: sunshinehorses 12/2/2022 9:52:42 AM (No. 1347299)
But were they protesting legally? What about the damage protesters did? If you are protesting, then you should be prepared for the consequences and you shouldn't be paid for being stupid.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Chiritwo 12/2/2022 10:03:25 AM (No. 1347307)
Good thing the tax payers have a lot of money to keep funding these ridiculous ideas. When will the gov't start respecting peoples hard earned money?
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Right Time 12/2/2022 10:07:22 AM (No. 1347310)
I didn't realize that rioting, arson, looting, and planned, coordinated violence were 1st Amendment Rights. At least, not for White folks.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: DVC 12/2/2022 10:37:10 AM (No. 1347329)
They should be CHARGED because they were rioting. They wouldn't have been injured if they hadn't been violent criminals. Payoffs to antifa thugs, a BENEFIT to them for their thuggery, arson, and violence.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Lawsy0 12/2/2022 10:38:46 AM (No. 1347331)
Makes me wonder who is trying to catch that bus after it wrecks!! Insurance archives are full of such people.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Words have Meaning 12/2/2022 10:41:50 AM (No. 1347334)
Let me get this straight. Riot...Break the law...Get arrested...make about $50,000 for your trouble. I get it...it is a profit deal and a well paying gig if you can get it. We're doomed.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: felixcat 12/2/2022 10:46:26 AM (No. 1347339)
And yet hundreds of J6 "protestors either rot in the DC gulag or have had their lives ruined by their/our government because they did not protest by damaging and burning private property. They just went into the so-called People's House.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: broken01 12/2/2022 10:50:34 AM (No. 1347343)
Maybe I should quit my job, move to Minneapolis and become a professional rioter, destroyer of lives and property. It seems to pay more.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Luandir 12/2/2022 12:06:52 PM (No. 1347419)
The voters of Minnesota enabled this mess. Let them pay for it.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: MickTurn 12/2/2022 12:26:51 PM (No. 1347449)
AND what about the damages they caused and other People (police) they hurt or MURDERED????????
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Reply 12 - Posted by: udanja99 12/2/2022 1:03:35 PM (No. 1347492)
We are so effed as a country….
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Reply 13 - Posted by: Encore 12/2/2022 6:21:22 PM (No. 1347641)
As bad as things are for the U.S., Minnesota is absolutely effed…
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Reply 14 - Posted by: skacmar 12/2/2022 7:15:52 PM (No. 1347674)
So someone got burned while fire bombing a building during the riots and the City of Minneapolis owes them money? What about the riters owing the city money for the damage that they did?
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Reply 15 - Posted by: JimBob 12/2/2022 11:32:43 PM (No. 1347795)
How much of that was the LAWYER'S 'CUT'?
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Reply 16 - Posted by: mifla 12/3/2022 7:25:46 AM (No. 1347932)
#9 - Stop off at the Mexican border first, don't want to miss any of the free stuff.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: cheeflo 12/3/2022 2:00:17 PM (No. 1348241)
And the property and businesses that were destroyed by the "protesters?" Crickets.
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