Two journalists who were cornered and attacked by the Minnesota State Patrol as they covered protests over George Floyd’s murder for the Los Angeles Times will soon settle a lawsuit with the state for $1.2 million. The pair, one current and one former L.A. Times employee, alleged the troopers violated their 1st Amendment rights.
The settlement stems from a violent May 30, 2020, incident, when staff photographer Carolyn Cole and Molly Hennessy-Fiske, then The Times’ Houston bureau chief, were in Minneapolis covering the community’s response to Floyd’s murder by former Police Officer Derek Chauvin.
Better headline :
Taxpayers will foot $1.2M police brutality lawsuit settlement.
Make these guys have personal liability like doctors and suddenly their actions having consequences will yield better policing.
I’ve also heard that taking it out of their pension fund would do wonders.