PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – Multnomah County has agreed to pay $9.08 million in a settlement with people exposed to tear gas in the downtown Portland jail.
The federal class action lawsuit claims that between May 29 and July 29 of 2020, law enforcement agencies deployed tear gas and other chemical agents almost nightly outside of the Multnomah County Justice Center during protests following the murder of George Floyd.
The gas got into the Justice Center’s ventilation system which houses the Detention Center, exposing more than 900 detainees and inmates during that period…