By The FirstNew York City will hand-out $21,500 to each of the BLM protesters confined by the NYPD during the 2020 riots in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd.
From the NY POST:
The proposed settlement — which will have to be signed off on by a federal judge — was published in a Manhattan federal class-action suit filed by the protesters who were “kettled” by cops at the protest in Mott Haven on June 4, 2020.
Protesters who were unlawfully charged with a crime after being confined by officers will receive an additional $2,500, according to the terms of the settlement.
If Judge Colleen McMahon okays the proposed agreement, the city would have to shell out up to $6 million to the protesters.
It could be the highest per-person amount awarded in a mass-arrest class-action lawsuit in city history, according to a statement from plaintiff attorneys Ali Frick and Doug Lieb.
