Philadelphia Settles with George Floyd Protesters for $9.25 Million.

Philadelphia has agreed to pay $9.25 million to over 300 people who were injured in the police response to racial justice protests that erupted after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. The settlement was reached with the plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit who said they sustained “physical and emotional injuries” in the city’s response to civil unrest and demonstrations. The settlement also includes a grant of $500,000 to $600,000 to the Bread & Roses Community Fund to fund free mental health counseling for West Philadelphia residents. Mental health counseling will also be available to all residents within an unspecified radius of the 52nd Street corridor where protests took place in West Philadelphia.