NEW YORK — New York City and the New York Police Department have agreed to collectively pay millions to protesters who were arrested, detained or subjected to violence during a George Floyd demonstration in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx in June 2020, according to a court filing.
The settlement agreement called for more than 300 protesters confined that day using a police tactic they referred to as"kettling" to each receive $21,500, which is believed to be the highest per-person settlement award in a mass arrest class action lawsuit. The total cost of the settlement will be nearly $7 million.
"The Mott Haven protest really shocked the conscience when it happened. These protesters were kettled. Then the police moved in with extreme brutality that was totally uncalled for and unnecessary," Frick said. Henry Wood, one of the protesters who sued, called the proposed settlement a relief but said it would not change what happened to him.
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