NYC Agrees to Pay $13 Million to Protesters Arrested, Beaten During George Floyd Riots

🗽New York City has agreed to pay $13 million to protesters who were arrested or beaten during the George Floyd demonstrations, as part of a lawsuit settlement.

As part of the lawsuit settlement agreement, the city will be paying $13 million, or almost $10,000 each to 1,300 people who were arrested or mistreated by the police during the demonstrations in the aftermath of Floyd’s death, according to the plaintiff’s attorneys, the 🗽New York Post reported.

Floyd was an unarmed, African-American man who died on May 25, 2020 after a police officer kneeled on him and pinned him to the ground. As Floyd was pinned, he could be heard saying, “I can’t breathe.”

“It was so disorganized, but so intentional,” Adama Sow, one of the plaintiffs said of the arrests, according to the outlet.

Sow alleged the group of protesters they were with had been cornered by police officers, had their hands restrained in zip ties until they had turned purple, and were placed on a hot bus for hours.

According to the lawsuit, which was filed against former 🗽New York