A George Floyd protester injured by Fort Lauderdale police gets $2 million in lawsuit settlement
1 month ago

A George Floyd protester injured by Fort Lauderdale police gets $2 million in lawsuit settlement

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A protester who suffered eye damage when a rubber bullet fired by Fort Lauderdale police struck her in the face during a 2020 protest over George Floyd’s murder has received $2 million from the city to settle a federal lawsuit accusing the officer and the department of violating her civil rights, her attorneys announced. LaToya Ratlieff, 38, was injured on May 31, 2020, when Detective Eliezer Ramos fired the rubber bullet into a Black Lives Matter protest, one of several that erupted in the country over Floyd’s videotaped slaying six days earlier by a Minneapolis police officer who knelt on his neck for at least nine minutes. “While the financial settlement is important for the City to know that it cannot sweep these injustices under the rug, the corrective requirements will make sure that what happened to me must never happen to anyone else.” Fort Lauderdale police declined comment Thursday. A police department investigation cleared Ramos of wrongdoing, saying he was aiming at a man who had thrown a tear gas canister back at officers when Ratlieff walked into his line of fire.

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Lawsuit alleges excessive force by police, false arrests, during George Floyd protest
1 year, 7 months ago

Lawsuit alleges excessive force by police, false arrests, during George Floyd protest

Associated Press  

Eleven people have filed a federal lawsuit saying they were assaulted by police or wrongfully arrested while peacefully observing a June 2020 protest in Massachusetts’ second-largest city over the killing of George Floyd. “At a demonstration in Worcester on the night of June 1-2, 2020, police retaliated against peaceful bystanders whose only offense was to observe — and in many …

Arkansas man injured during Floyd protest sues troopers
2 years, 6 months ago

Arkansas man injured during Floyd protest sues troopers

Associated Press  

— An Arkansas attorney who was hospitalized after he was struck by a beanbag fired by police during a protest at the state Capitol over George Floyd’s killing filed a lawsuit Friday against the head of state police and several troopers. Don Cook’s lawsuit names state Trooper Ryan Wingo, who fired the beanbag, and state police director Col. Bill Bryant, …

George Floyd protester sues Florida police over eye injury
2 years, 7 months ago

George Floyd protester sues Florida police over eye injury

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A protester who suffered eye damage when a rubber bullet fired by Fort Lauderdale police struck her in the face during a 2020 protest over George Floyd’s murder filed a federal lawsuit this week accusing the officer and the department of violating her civil rights. Today, I return to do the very same,” Ratlieff said in …

George Floyd protests: ‘Less lethal’ police weapons tied to serious injuries, researchers say
3 years, 11 months ago

George Floyd protests: ‘Less lethal’ police weapons tied to serious injuries, researchers say

CNN  

CNN — Many people suffered “projectile injuries,” “eye trauma” and other serious wounds from weapons police used on crowds during protests over the summer sparked by the death of George Floyd, researchers say. According to a letter to the editor published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday, a wide array of serious injuries can be connected to …

More journalists injured covering George Floyd protests
4 years, 7 months ago

More journalists injured covering George Floyd protests

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The first time officers shot rubber bullets at MSNBC host Ali Velshi and his crew Saturday night in Minneapolis, he was willing to believe that the officials didn’t know they were press. “They responded, ‘We don’t care!’ and they opened fire a second time.” Velshi, who said he was hit in the leg by a rubber bullet, …

Protests over Floyd’s death sparks violence, curfews in SC
4 years, 7 months ago

Protests over Floyd’s death sparks violence, curfews in SC

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Violent protests broke out Saturday in South Carolina over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed his knee on his neck. We are not going to let that happen.” Miranda Parnell, a television reporter for WIS-TV was injured by rocks thrown amid protests outside the …

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