CINCINNATI — The City of Cincinnati and Hamilton County have settled a class action lawsuit claiming people's First Amendment Rights were violated during protests over the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd in 2020.

The city announced Friday it has reached an $8.1 million settlement, of which Hamilton County will pay $65,000, in Kenney, et al. v. City of Cincinnati, et al. The lawsuit, filed by 11 people and later joined by more than 400 plaintiffs, claims a curfew set in place by former Mayor John Cranley was unconstitutional and led to the unlawful imprisonment of protesters.

On May 29, 2020, after daytime protests dissolved, police said smaller groups began vandalizing downtown businesses. Eleven people were arrested.

The next day, Cranley announced a 10 p.m. curfew

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