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Two people wounded by less-lethal munitions fired by Alameda County sheriff's deputies during the George Floyd protests in Oakland in 2020 will share $250,000 after a permanent injunction against Oakland PD and the Sheriff's Office.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Northern California county has agreed to ban rubber bullets, bean bags and less-lethal munitions for crowd control as part of a settlement after sheriff’s deputies fired rubber bullets and injured two people protesting police brutality in 2020, the plaintiff’s lawyer said Thursday.
Two demonstrators from a June 2020 George Floyd protest won a quarter million dollars after being shot with rubber bullets, and the Oakland Police Department has agreed to not use “explosive grenades on peaceful crowds.”
Alameda County has agreed to ban rubber bullets, bean bags and other less-lethal munitions for crowd control as part of a settlement with two protesters.
A Northern California county will ban rubber bullets, bean bags and other less-lethal munition when crowd controlling. The restrictions are part of a police brutality settlement case.