Minneapolis to pay $2 million in excessive force case


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The city of Minneapolis has agreed to pay out $2 million to six people who claimed that police officers used excessive force against them in 2020, during the unrest following George Floyd’s murder.

The city of Minneapolis has agreed to pay out $2 million to six people who claimed that police officers used excessive force against them in the unrest that followed the killing of George Floyd.

The plaintiffs are friends and family of the owners of a gas station that had been looted by rioters. On the night of May 30, 2020, they were standing watch at the station when they say Minneapolis police officers fired rubber projectiles at them.

The judgments, filed in court Monday, are not an admission of guilt by the city.

One of the officers named in the lawsuit, Justin Stetson, was also involved in another excessive force incident during the unrest. In 2023, Read Entire Article