New York Will Pay Millions to Protesters Violently Corralled by Police

[ItsjustMe]

New York Will Pay Millions to Protesters Violently Corralled by Police

The police boxed in racial justice demonstrators in 2020, an anti-protest practice known as “kettling,” then hit them with batons and pepper spray. Hundreds will receive $21,500 each.

New York City has agreed to pay $21,500 to each of hundreds of demonstrators who were penned in by the police in the Bronx during racial justice protests in 2020, then charged at or beaten with batons, according to a legal settlement.

If a judge approves the settlement filed in federal court late Tuesday, the amount would be one of the highest ever awarded per person in a class action case of mass arrests, and could cost the city between $4 million and $6 million.

[jimfields33]

1. I wonder how much they will end up getting after lawyers cut.

It’d be nice if this is given after lawyer paid.

[sdfernando]

3. Typically the lawyer cut is 40%

So if its before lawyer fee the payout will be $12,900.

[republianmushroom]

2. like it

[yaesu]

4. How about the protesters protesting wall street after the crash, they were abused just as bad

Or worse by corporate owned pigs.