Minneapolis backs $150,000 settlement for George Floyd witness’s PTSD lawsuit
by Gloria Oladipo in New York and agency from US news | The Guardian on (#6MCMN)
Minneapolis city council approves payment to Donald Williams, who tried to intervene to stop police killing in 2020
The Minneapolis city council approved a $150,000 settlement to an eyewitness who tried to intervene to prevent George Floyd's murder by police in the city almost four years ago and alleges he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result.
Donald Williams, 35, a mixed martial arts fighter who testified against Derek Chauvin in the former police officer's 2021 murder trial, sued the city last spring, alleging he was assaulted by police while trying to prevent Floyd's death on 25 May 2020.
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