(St. Paul, MN) — Two Los Angeles Times journalists injured by Minnesota State Patrol troopers during the George Floyd riots have settled a federal lawsuit against the state for 1.2 million dollars.
Governor Tim Walz exempted media from a nighttime curfew, but the Star Tribune reports officers advanced on a group displaying press credentials, backed them into a corner and fired rubber bullets and pepper spray.
One of the L.A. Times reporters suffered a corneal abrasion and chemical burns on her eye and skin.
other was bloodied and bruised from being shot at least five times in the leg with projectiles and a tear-gas canister.
The State Patrol in the settlement did not admit wrongdoing.