Seattle Settles 2020 Protest Lawsuit for $10 Million

The settlement will be distributed among 50 protesters who suffered injuries, including a heart attack, coma, and permanent hearing loss, during the 2020 protests following George Floyd's murder.

The City of Seattle has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a lawsuit filed by 50 protesters who were injured by police during the 2020 protests following George Floyd's murder.
The plaintiffs included a woman who had a heart attack when she was struck in the chest by an SPD blast ball, a man who was hospitalized in a coma after his arrest, and a veteran who was gassed and tackled because he didn't retreat fast enough.
Other plaintiffs suffered permanent hearing loss, broken bones, concussions, wounds, bruising and emotional damage at the hands of Seattle officers.
The city had argued that protesters 'assumed the risk' of being injured by police when they chose to exercise their First Amendment rights to peacefully protest, an argument rejected by Judge Sandra Widlan.
The settlement money will be proportionally distributed between the protesters.