by Eric Lendrum
On Wednesday, a federal court gave approval to a plan by the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota to reward 12 Black Lives Matter rioters with a collective total of $600,000 over injuries they sustained during said riots.
The Daily Caller reports that the court’s decision settled a lawsuit originally filed by the far-left American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota (ACLU-MN) on behalf of the rioters, and subsequently forbids the city of Minneapolis from using force to suppress violent riots. The injunction by the Minnesota U.S. District Court also forces all Minneapolis police officers who are deployed to riots to wear body-cameras, and limits the police force’s use of chemical agents for dispelling riots.
“Tear gas, foam bullets and pepper spray became weapons for intimidating and hurting protesters, making it dangerous for people to exercise their First Amendment rights,” ACLU-MN Legal Director Teresa Nelson falsely declared. “We hope this settlement sends a message to law enforcement across Minnesota that this violation of our constitutional rights will not be tolerated.”
The 12 rioters claimed to have been injured by several conventional police methods of dispersing riots, including tear gas, rubber bullets, and foam; some of the injured said that they subsequently suffered from “bruises” as a result of their actions.
In a statement addressing the court’s ruling, the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) issued a statement: “The City Council approved a $600,000 settlement on Oct. 20, and Mayor Frey signed the Council action Oct. 26. The City Attorney’s Office executed and filed documents necessary to effectuate the settlement, and an order reflecting portions of that settlement were made public today.”
The riots began after the death of George Floyd, a black man who died of a fentanyl overdose while in police custody in Minneapolis, in May of 2020. His death was falsely blamed on the arresting officer, Derek Chauvin, and nationwide riots subsequently broke out, carried out by the far-left domestic terrorist groups Black Lives Matter and Antifa. While Minneapolis was the epicenter of the riots, many other cities across the nation were also targeted, with the violent campaign resulting in the death of dozens of American civilians and over $2 billion worth in damage overall.
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Eric Lendrum reports for American Greatness.
Photo “Minneapolis Riots” by Lorie Shaull. CC BY 2.0.
Very sick position that the ACLU takes in this case. Minneapolis is just like Portland OR. Sick, sick, sick!
When are the Minnesota residents going to realize that the corrupt democrats are cleaning out your pocketbooks! A lot of Minnesota residents vote for Democratic ….probably because mommy and daddy voted that way. All the democrats do is continually tax you to death and also line their pockets. Floyd was a criminal, high on drugs and fighting any people who tried to constrain him. Drugs killed him and the police did what they could. Now the corrupt government wants to pay rioters (with your tax money) who burned down
businesses, stole items from stores and caused fighting …all in the name of George Floyd. The so called President of the US payed this crooks family a lot of money mainly showing they think poor George was a celebrity and that all the events that took place were just fine…. all politically motivated. By the way kneeling on Floyd’s neck may not have been the right solution, but then again if those who called it murder were trying to restrain him maybe or maybe not they would have had a deferent outcome. Democrats are responsible for all these type of events ie NYC, California, Illinois, etc. Time for Minnesota residents to stand up and kick all democrats out of office.
Sounds to me like a workers comp case. The court wants the city to pay those it hired to burn the city down. The rioters mostly targeted black owned businesses and neighborhoods. By burning those parts of the city down then big corporations can buy the devalued property for pennies on the dollar and get special tax deduction for owning properties in those special “Opportunity Zones”. Truth is stranger than fiction.
Who said crime doesn’t pay????
Clown Show from elected Clowns,rewarding Clown behavior from sad Clowns.