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Judge denies Denver’s request for new trial in protest lawsuit, won’t significantly reduce jury’s $14 million award

Judge rebukes city’s “stubborn” insistence police did nothing wrong during 2020 demonstrations

Stanford Smith is helped after receiving ...
AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post
Stanford Smith is helped after receiving pepper spray to the face during a protest after the killing of George Floyd – the Minneapolis man, who was killed by an officer, while being detained – in downtown Denver on Saturday, May 30, 2020.
DENVER, CO - NOVEMBER 8:  Elise Schmelzer - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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A federal judge on Monday denied Denver city attorneys' request for a new trial and a lower penalty in the civil case in which a jury awarded protesters $14 million after police injured them while they peacefully demonstrated during the 2020 racial justice demonstrations following the murder of George Floyd.
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