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Council approves $800,000 settlement tied to 2020 protest response; mayor and CPD leaders outline reforms
Summary
Columbus City Council authorized an $800,000 settlement in litigation arising from civil‑unrest protests in 2020. City officials outlined policy and training reforms implemented since then, including creation of a dialogue team and civilian oversight structures.
Columbus City Council voted to authorize a settlement of $800,000 in the federal lawsuit captioned Ellen Hannah Abdul Rahim et al. v. City of Columbus, stemming from policing actions during 2020 protests. The ordinance directs the city attorney to settle and to allocate the funds from the general fund as authorized.
Deputy chief of staff described the scale of the 2020 protests and said that while much of the protest…
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