A jury has awarded $3.5 million to a man who sued Los Angeles County alleging he was struck and injured by a rubber bullet fired by a sheriff’s deputy during a Fairfax District protest after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020.
Cellin Gluck and his daughter, Caroline Gluck, were among thousands of protesters present in the area on May 30, 2020. They maintained they were trying to help another protester hit by a bean bag when Cellin Gluck was hit by the projectile. His daughter alleged she suffered emotional distress from witnessing the shooting.
On Wednesday, a Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded Cellin Gluck $3.5 million in emotional distress damages. The same panel awarded Caroline Gluck $300,000…