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Denver to pay $4.7 million to settle claims it targeted George Floyd protesters for violating curfew
Associated Press ^ | August 28, 2023

Posted on 08/28/2023 4:50:38 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Denver will pay $4.7 million to settle a class action lawsuit that alleged that protesters were unjustly targeted for violating the city’s curfew during demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd in 2020.

City councilors unanimously agreed to the deal Monday without any debate.

The lawsuit alleged that the city directed police to only enforce the emergency 8 p.m. curfew against protesters, violating their free speech rights, even though the curfew applied to all people in any public place.

It also said that over 300 protesters were taken to jail in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic rather than just being issued tickets for violating the curfew. …

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: antifa; blacklivesmatter; blm; denver; denverlivesmatter; domesticterrorism; georgefloyd; lawfare; moneylaundering; payoff; terroristfunding

1 posted on 08/28/2023 4:50:38 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

And that’s how leftists pay off their foot soldiers. The leftist DOJ colludes with their arrested Antifa foot soldiers to file a lawsuit and then they lose the lawsuit on purpose. Government via Lawfare.


2 posted on 08/28/2023 4:53:36 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (The Forever War is a crime against humanity)
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To: Olog-hai

People deserve the government they elect.

— Thomas Jefferson


3 posted on 08/28/2023 4:53:44 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: Olog-hai; george76; MileHi
     

These same clowns would condemn January 6th as an "insurrection" out of the other side of their mouths.

4 posted on 08/28/2023 4:53:48 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Olog-hai

George Floyd rioters get paid. Jan 6 get long jail sentences even if they did not riot.


5 posted on 08/28/2023 4:59:39 PM PDT by pas
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To: Olog-hai

Wrong. Paying tribute to these cretins.

Then the weaklings will say “we kissed their rear ends and here they are looting and raping again” in a few days.

“In response to the French demand of a bribe, U.S. diplomat Charles Pinckney made the statement, “millions for defense not one cent for tribute,” and he meant the U.S. would rather spend money fighting France in an armed conflict than pay them anything in the form of a bribe.”


6 posted on 08/28/2023 5:00:36 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Responsibility2nd

That’s actually Joseph de Maistre, and it reads: “Every nation gets the government it deserves.”


7 posted on 08/28/2023 5:02:36 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

While I disagree with any curfew, Denver looks weak for not enforcing theirs. They are obviously being extorted


8 posted on 08/28/2023 5:05:19 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (The Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself. )
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To: ConservativeInPA

Nah; it’s Democrats helping Democrats. They knew what was coming back in 2020.


9 posted on 08/28/2023 5:11:03 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

There’s plenty of homeless on the streets in Denver right now around the State Capitol in the cities around Denver like Arvada, Lakewood, Wheat Ridge.

I was around the other week and saw it in person.

If the authorities round those folks up maybe they could get a pay day?


10 posted on 08/28/2023 5:31:32 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Olog-hai
Denver to pay $4.7 million to settle claims it targeted George Floyd protesters for violating curfew

Well, with that kind of change in their pockets, you know that crowd will be drunk, stoned, flying on fentanyl, and disorderly tonight.

Might as well arrest them again and make it stick.

11 posted on 08/28/2023 5:37:16 PM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: Olog-hai

It sounds like a sham lawsuit. Denver WANTS to give away millions to Black Lives Matter grifters. The plaintiffs knew ahead of time that Denver was chomping at the bit to make a generous settlement.


12 posted on 08/28/2023 5:53:04 PM PDT by LuxAerterna
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To: wildcard_redneck

Guess we know who is above the law. Get arrested for violating city and get awarded millions.
Walk through the senate building on Jan 6 and get locked up, beaten daily. Fined, lose your job, lose an eye, and live ruined for ever.


13 posted on 08/28/2023 5:56:30 PM PDT by midwest_hiker
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To: Olog-hai

Money - there’s plenty of it!!!!


14 posted on 08/28/2023 6:03:52 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Olog-hai

The imprisoned victims of January 6th are not available for comment.


15 posted on 08/28/2023 7:01:44 PM PDT by scott7278 (Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.)
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To: Olog-hai

So protestors of the election steal get analy reamed by the Feds while leftist can burn at will and get paid!!!


16 posted on 08/28/2023 7:35:53 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
Since the BLM riots were allowed to go on with unmasked racists running amock, and everyone else was punished for non-compliance with the mask police state BS, the Denver court is of the kangaroo variety.

17 posted on 08/28/2023 8:06:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Denver court is of the kangaroo variety.

It's more like the kangaroo City Council of Denver:

"City councilors unanimously agreed to the deal Monday without any debate."

The City of Denver, IMHO, is conniving with these so called "protesters" to use this lawsuit as an excuse to hand over taxpayer money to violent extremists.

18 posted on 08/29/2023 6:34:53 AM PDT by LuxAerterna
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