New York City officials have reached a multimillion-dollar settlement over a controversial tactic NYPD used during 2020 protests. (via The ReidOut Blog)
occurred in the Bronx on June 4, 2020, when thousands took to the streets in the city — and many more nationwide — to demonstrate against police brutality after the filmed murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Here’s a viral tweet from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who represents the Bronx, in real time:In the filing, the city agreed to pay eligible class-action members $21,500 each, as well as another $2,500 to each person who received a desk appearance ticket.
After the Bronx incident, then-Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city’s police commissioner at the time, Dermot Shea,
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