Denver City Council voted to approve two settlements – for a total of $1.5 million — to six people who sued the city over police misconduct during the 2020 George Floyd protests.
The city has paid more than $30 million in legal settlements related to law enforcement conduct in the past five years, as Denverite previously reported. Dozens of people who participated in the George Floyd protests of 2020 have sued, saying they were violently attacked by police in Denver — and many have either won or settled their cases.
The most recent lawsuit to settle, dubbed Jazmine Bjelland, et. al. v. City and County of Denver, Colorado, named 14 plaintiffs. The legal complaint accused the city and individual officers of multiple constitutional violations and breaking Denver police policies regarding the use of less lethal weapons and tactics…