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Over the last two months, the city of Austin, Texas has agreed to pay a total of $13 million to four people who were hit in the head with bean bag rounds fired by police.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Austin officials approved a nearly $3 million settlement Thursday for a teen who was seriously injured by police during 2020 protests over racial injustice — the Texas capital city’s latest response to criticism of its handling of demonstrations in which 19 officers have been charged with aggravated assault.

Then-16-year-old Brad Ayala was watching the protest, when an officer shot him in the head with a beanbag round. The settlement brings the total amount Austin officials have approved for people injured in the May 2020 protests to over $13 million.

https://archive.ph/3OQND#selection-1101.0-1105.246

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More background on the case in Denver.

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-news/2022/03/jurors-deliberating-over-force-used-on-denver-protesters/

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The case filing can be found here:

https://archive.ph/YOYpe

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No. 1:20-CV-1878-RBJ-MEH (consolidated)
https://www.aclu-co.org/sites/default/files/219.3ac.pdf

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BUT-—KYLE was put on trial for DEFENDING HIMSELF.