Imagine, you are committing a crime and a police officer shoots a “pepper ball” to break up the riot. You sue and get $1M of the $14M with your friends.

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A federal jury has awarded $14 million in compensatory and punitive damages to 12 Black Lives Matter protesters who were injured by police during a riot over the death of George Floyd in 2020.

The jury decided that the protesters constitutional rights were violated by the Denver Police over their use of less-lethal weapons to try and break up the riot.

“The violence and destruction that occurred around the community required intervention,” one of Denver’s lawyers, Lindsay Jordan, told the jurors.

The activists sued the City and County of Denver and former police officer Jonathan Christian.