Posted on 07/21/2023 7:30:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The recent resolution of a class-action lawsuit in New York City has ignited a fierce debate, challenging the core tenets of justice and social order. The settlement, which involves the city agreeing to distribute $13.7 million to individuals who partook in the 2020 George Floyd unrest, has been met with significant backlash. This is largely due to the perception that the decision is disproportionately lenient towards the involved rioters, many of whom were not legally held accountable for their actions.
Under the settlement, the 1,380 plaintiffs, who allege that their rights were violated by the New York Police Department (NYPD), will each receive an estimated $10,000. This comes in the wake of the extensive civil unrest triggered by the tragic death of George Floyd. During this period, participants in the protests and riots were involved in numerous illegal activities including arson, assault on civilians and police, mass looting, and instigating damages worth billions of dollars.
The plaintiff group comprised of individuals who encountered arrests or force from NYPD officers amid the chaos that unfolded in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Elena Cohen, the chief attorney for the plaintiffs, argues that the lawsuit aims to safeguard the rights of the public. In a discussion with Business Insider, Cohen emphasized the necessity of enabling New York City inhabitants to protest peacefully and voice their criticisms of the government without fear of bodily harm.
However, the city’s legal representatives have countered this stance, underlining that many protests were far from peaceful and regularly devolved into looting and rioting. Their statement reads:
“Protesters set police cars ablaze; vandalized precinct houses; threw rocks, bricks, bottles at officers; stabbed, punched, bit officers; and hurled Molotov cocktails at officers.”
This controversial payout decision seems to overlook the destructive and violent nature of these riots, leading to apprehensions that it may unintentionally encourage illicit activities under the pretense of First Amendment rights.
Its a political pay-off to favored leftist groups/actors, disguised as a court case.
All rioters, looters and arsonists should have been shot on sight.
As the democrats sell out those paying the taxes again
Burn a business get a prize. The POPO should have done a Chicago ‘68 democratic convention routine on these UPOS.
$14M is literally nothing to the govt of NYC. This is a good decision. They’ll get a lot of the money back anyway. The people who will get payouts are mostly from NYC and will just spend it in the city.
democrats have chosen to allow their favored victim group to commit crime and to reward them for their crime by paying them with public funds. There is no way I can think they WON’T be paying them “reparations” for their years of abject failure.
All this to guarantee that they vote solidly democrat.
Stand up for your rights, go to prison for 3 years in solitary confinement, have your life ruined, your career ruined, your family desperately trying to survive etc.
But for people to Join blm and riot, burn loot and murder and cause billions of dollars of damage, try to burn down federal buildings with people inside? Destroy peoples businesses and lroperty, rob stores so much that they have to close down etc etc etc? Meh no big deal according to the left/enemies/domestic terrorists of the nation!
De facto blackmail- “pay us or we’ll continue to burn down cities.” When does that ever work?
Sure beats working for a living.
I wonder what will happen when the money runs out?
That it took a while for the government to pay the rioters isn't a surprise, governments are often slow in paying their service providers.
Now that they got payed their ready for the next burn loot murder party
Sounds as stupid as the broken window economic theory.
NYC has an annual budget of about $110 billion. Paying over 1000 complainants $14M in total to make this go away is good business.
Rest assured police in liberal jurisdictions will go 1968 Chicago police on any patriotism conservative protesters.
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