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A federal jury on Friday awarded $14 million in damages to 12 protesters who were injured by police officers in Denver during the 2020 protests in the first excessive force and civil rights trial coming out of the demonstrations over the death of George Floyd.
A federal jury Friday awarded $14 million in compensatory and punitive damages to 12 people who were injured by Denver police officers while protesting the death of George Floyd in
It took jurors around four hours to find that Denver police violated the constitutional rights of demonstrators by using excessive force during George Floyd protests in 2020.
When protests swelled in Denver over the death of George Floyd in police custody in late May 2020, demonstrators faced tear gas, pepper balls and rubber balls, also known as