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A statue of Confederate general Albert Pike, torn down during 2020 protests and later restored in Washington under President Trump's orders, has reignited controversy, with critics calling it offensive and advocating for its removal from public spaces.
The FBI, under Kash Patel's leadership, dismissed about 20 agents, including those who participated in racial justice protests in 2020, amid a broader purge of the agency that critics say is weakening its integrity and targeting employees involved in investigations related to former President Trump.
US cities have agreed to pay over $80m in settlements to protesters injured by police during 2020 racial justice protests, with ongoing litigation expected to further boost the national payout total. At least 19 cities will pay out to protesters who sustained various injuries as a result of law enforcement action, ranging from being teargassed to being shot with projectiles. The settlements are conditional on cities and their respective police departments admitting no wrongdoing, and victims face life-changing injuries, trauma, and other burdens as such settlements offer limited respite.
An April 2022 court order released by the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court reveals that the FBI repeatedly misused a surveillance tool in searching for foreign intelligence to use in cases pertaining to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and 2020 racial justice protests. The order shows thousands of violations of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows the federal government to collect communications between certain targeted foreign individuals outside the U.S. The release could create obstacles as the FBI seeks to have its warrantless surveillance program receive reauthorization from Congress before it expires at the end of the year.
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.
Philadelphia has agreed to pay $9.25 million to over 300 people who were injured by police during the 2020 racial justice protests following the police murder of George Floyd. The damages awarded to each plaintiff vary depending on their individual cases. The lawsuits focused on two incidents: the mass teargassing of protesters on I-676 on June 1, 2020, and the police use of military-style armored vehicles, rubber bullets, pepper spray, and tear gas on demonstrators and neighborhood residents while attempting to curb looting and violence along the 52nd Street historic Black business corridor in West Philadelphia. The settlement also includes a $500,000 fund for counseling to victims of police violence and community-led programming.