Los Angeles has agreed to pay $860,000 to settle claims from a protester that his rights were violated when he was shot with a police projectile in 2020.
In the first verdict of its kind since protests swept L.A. in 2020, a jury finds officer liable for injuries to a man shot in the face with a projectile round.In March, that jury found Bueno liable for shooting Jones and violating his rights under the 4th Amendment, which bars unreasonable search and seizure. ItJones’ case against the city had been set for trial as well, but it was pushed off as the two parties restarted settlement negotiations.
The settlement allows the city to avoid litigating in open court its own culpability in the wounding of demonstrators during the 2020 unrest, which it would have had to do if the second portion of Jones’ case had proceeded to trial.have already found crucial operational and tactical mistakes by the department as well as a failure in preceding years to adequately train and prepare for such large, citywide demonstrations.
Janine Jeffery, Bueno’s attorney, did not respond to a request for comment. In an internal memo about the settlement reviewed by The Times, city attorneys maintained that it is unclear whether Bueno shot Jones.
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