A Black family of five members, including a woman and four minors, has reached a $1.9 million settlement with the city of Denver after being wrongfully detained at gunpoint by Aurora, Colorado police officers. The officers had mistakenly identified their SUV as a stolen vehicle. The incident, which occurred in 2020, involved the family members being forced out of their car, held at gunpoint, and handcuffed while lying facedown in a parking lot. The youngest member of the family, who was wearing a pink tiara, was handcuffed alongside her teenage cousin. The settlement follows a lawsuit against the city over the traumatic incident.
A Black woman and four minors who were removed from their car at gunpoint and then handcuffed by Aurora police in 2020 receive a $1.9 million settlement. https://t.co/pLO32MpnBG
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The Black girls lay facedown in a parking lot, crying “no” and “mommy” as a police officer who had pointed her gun at them then bent down to handcuff two of their wrists. The youngest wore a pink tiara as she held onto her teenage cousin’s hand. https://t.co/BKwfRaoIJ7
Family of Black girls wrongfully detained by police at gunpoint awarded $1.9M in settlement https://t.co/OmJJ5KyQ4s
The Black girls lay facedown in a parking lot, crying "no" and "mommy" as a police officer who had pointed her gun at them then bent down to handcuff two of their wrists. The youngest wore a pink tiara as she held onto her teenage cousin's hand. https://t.co/bjBDM8uxnR
Five members of a Black family who were wrongfully detained at gunpoint in Colorado by police officers who mistook their SUV for a vehicle that had been stolen received $1.9 million to settle their lawsuit against the city, the family’s lawyer said. https://t.co/ur1YaUOw9M
A Black woman and a group of young girls who were wrongfully forced out of their car, held at gunpoint and handcuffed by police in Denver in 2020 have reached a $1.9 million legal settlement. https://t.co/BKwfRaoIJ7
Family of Black girls handcuffed by Colorado police, held at gunpoint reach $1.9 million settlement, reports AP
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