The Denver City Council on Monday approved a $1.06 million payout to six people who sued the city, alleging police violated their constitutional rights by using less-lethal weapons during the 2020 George Floyd protests.
The payout will settle a 2022 lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court by the Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer law firm. The agreement was approved in a block vote.
Some of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit claimed that the city’s crowd-control policies violated their First and Fourth Amendment rights. Others alleged that they experienced excessive force used by police during the protests…