Denver’s running tab for 2020 protest fallout just got a little steeper.
On Friday, the Denver City Council quietly signed off on a six-figure settlement with a man injured during a 2020 demonstration, adding one more case to a long list of lawsuits tied to the city’s response that summer. The payment was approved as part of routine council business, even as the city’s legal exposure continues to build.
According to 9News, council members approved a six-figure payout to the injured man and acknowledged that settlements tied to the 2020 protests have already reached into the millions. City officials also warned that additional liabilities from pending cases could total “potentially millions more.”
A running tab of payouts
The latest settlement joins several big-ticket resolutions and verdicts stemming from those protests. In August 2023, the council approved about $4.7 million to resolve claims from more than 300 people arrested during the demonstrations, according to CBS News Colorado…