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Denver paid out $39.5 million to resolve large claims, including lawsuits, against the city from 2017 to 2023, with more than a quarter stemming for the 2020 racial justice protests.
Jax Feldmann was 21 when, on May 30, 2020, he was walking home from a friend's house where he had been working on recipes and was shot in the face by Denver police, amid BLM protests.
Jax Feldman was walking home during the 2020 protests in Denver, Colorado, when a police officer shot him in the eye with a pepper ball, causing permanent blindness.
The Denver City Council is poised to approve a $2.3 million eye after a police officer shot him in the face with a pepper ball during the George Floyd protests in 2020.
The lawsuit also alleges "malicious prosecution," arguing there was no probable cause to arrest him and charge him with assault on police officers.