Explanation
Background:
Plaintiffs Tamara K. Alsaada, Mahir Ali, Mary Barczak, Demetrius Burke, Bernadette Calvey, Stephanie Carlock, S.L.C., a minor, Keith Duerk, Jennifer Eidemiller, Andrew Fahmy, Talon Garth, Holly Hahn, Bryan Hazlett, Justin Horn, Kurghan Horn, Terry D. Hubby, Jr., Randy Kaigler, Elizabeth Koehler, Rebecca Lamey, Ricky Lee Lane, Nadia Lynch, Mia Mogavero, Michael Moses, Aleta Mixon, Darrell Mullen, Leeanne Pagliaro, Torrie Ruffin, Summer Schultz, Clarressa Thompson, Amanda Weldon, Amanda Williams, and Heather Wise (together “Plaintiffs”) brought suit against the City of Columbus, Thomas Quinlan, David B. Griffith, Duane Mabry, Lowell Rector, Lawrence Yates, Scott Bray, Brian Bruce, Christopher Capretta, Caroline Castro, David Gitlitz, Brian Steele, Paul Szabo, Paul Badois, Michael Dunlevy, Shawn Dye, Michael Eschenburg, Thomas Hammel, Holly Kanode, Kenneth Kirby, Benjamin Mackley, Benjamin Messerly, Gary Patterson, Robert Reffitt, Amber Rich, Shannon Schmid, and Phillip Walls (together “Defendants,” collectively Plaintiffs and Defendants are referred to as “the Parties”) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, in the case captioned Tamara K. Alsaada et al., v. City of Columbus et al., United States District Court Case No. 2:20-cv-3431 (“the Lawsuit”).
Plaintiffs’ factual allegations (referred to in this Ordinance as “the Events”) are fully described in their Second Amended Complaint filed on May 27, 2021 and can be summarized as follows:
On May 25, 2020, the killing of George Floyd, who was being arrested by then Minneapolis Police Department Officer Derek Chauvin for allegedly passing a counterfeit $20 bill to buy cigarettes, was live-streamed over the Internet for eight minutes and 46 seconds and later televised around the world. Starting on May 28, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio, Plaintiffs allege that, along with hundreds of thousands in cities, states, and countries, they took to the street...
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