Posted on 06/25/2024 2:32:55 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Four protesters who were jailed for writing anti-police graffiti in chalk on a temporary barricade near a Seattle police precinct have been awarded nearly $700,000 after a federal court jury decided their civil rights were violated.
The Jan. 1, 2021, arrests of the four followed the intense Black Lives Matter protests that rocked Seattle and numerous other cities throughout the world the previous summer in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a Black man. He was killed when a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck for about 9 1/2 minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and pleading that he couldn’t breathe.
“The tensions of that summer and the feelings that were alive in the city at that time are obviously a big part of this case,” said Nathaniel Flack, one of the attorneys for the four protesters. “And what the evidence showed was that it was animus towards Black Lives Matter protesters that motivated the arrests and jailing of the plaintiffs.”
Derek Tucson, Robin Snyder, Monsieree De Castro and Erik Moya-Delgado were each awarded $20,000 in compensatory damages and $150,000 in punitive damages when the 10-person jury returned its verdict late Friday.
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Wait’ll the J6 protestors get their settlements.
FLOYD KILLED HIMSELF WITH DRUGS
No arrests for arson, destruction of public/private property and other violent crimes, yet you bust a few people for writing with chalk?
My head needs more duct tape.
Think how much they would have receeived had they ridden scooters over BLM slogans painted on the streets. Oh.
The city likely viewed this as a sweetheart lawsuit.
Wait’ll the J6 protestors get their settlements.
Yes!!!
And, the homo sidewalk crossing scooter riders.
OK, maybe the kids in Spokane who rode their e-scooters over the “pride” stripes on the street can get $700k awards for violation of their civil rights.
Sauce for the goose...
What a pant load.
The article said the protesters wrote slogans “like” peaceful protest and free them all. Really? Why not quote the slogans ver batim? Why paraphrase the comments? Do you think the reporter has an agenda?
Yet ANOTHER highlight of life in Seattle.
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