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SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle has agreed to pay $10 million to 50 demonstrators who sued over the police departments heavy-handed response to racial justice protests in 2020. The protesters were among tens of thousands who rallied downtown and in the Capitol Hill neighborhood for weeks following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. Seattle officers used aggressive techniques to disperse the crowds, including flash-bang grenades, foam-tipped projectiles and “blast balls” that explode...

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle has agreed to pay $10 million to 50 demonstrators who sued over the police departments heavy-handed response to racial justice protests in 2020. The protesters were among tens of thousands who rallied downtown and in the Capitol Hill neighborhood for weeks following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. Seattle officers used aggressive techniques to disperse the crowds, including flash-bang grenades, foam-tipped projectiles and “blast balls” that explode...

D.A., City ask feds to investigate Austin Police Department

Related indictments against 17 police officers are also being dismissed.

The Travis County district attorney still plans to pursue criminal charges in four cases. The officers whose cases are being dismissed will be allowed to return to duty.

The mural, "Twans Gift," was commissioned through the citys Board of Public Art.

Newly discovered footage shows Tennessee state representative Justin Jones stopping cars and attacking drivers during protests outside of the state Capitol in 2020. At the time, Jones had denied [...]

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's rush to pardon Daniel Perry, the man convicted of killing a "Black Lives Matter" protester, is a travesty, a juror said.

A board appointed by Texas Governor Abbott will investigate the murder conviction of former US Army Sergeant Daniel Perry.

Gov. Greg Abbott backs call for pardon for former Army sergeant Daniel Perry, who killed an Austin protester in 2020, after claiming self-defense