Jury Punishes City For Letting Teen Die Inside BLM Rioters’ Anarchist Commune
Seattle, Washington, was found liable on Thursday for the shooting death of a 16-year-old during Black Lives Matter riots in 2020, multiple media outlets reported. A civil jury reportedly awarded more than $30 million…
Seattle, Washington, was found liable on Thursday for the shooting death of a 16-year-old during Black Lives Matter riots in 2020, multiple media outlets reported.
A civil jury reportedly awarded more than $30 million to Antonio Mays Jr.’s family after the teen was fatally shot on June 29, 2020, inside the so-called Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), where police allowed rioters to take over several city blocks. Jurors declared Seattle “negligent” in its handling of the unrest, which involved withdrawing police and surrendering the land for rioters to form an anarchistcommune with its own armed security forces.
The city attorney’s office did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
The boy’s father, Antonio Mays Sr., reacted emotionally to the verdict in the courtroom while being hugged by his lawyer, footage from The Post Millennial shows.