Jury awards more than $2 million to protester shot in face with nonlethal projectile
Jury awards more than $2 million to protester shot in face with nonlethal projectile
A jury has awarded at least $2.2 million to a protester who was shot in the face with a less-lethal munition by a Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy during a demonstration against police brutality in 2020
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Truth Analysis
Analysis Summary:
The article appears factually accurate, with the core claim of the jury award being supported by multiple sources. The reporting seems relatively neutral, with a slight lean towards presenting the protester's perspective, but without overt bias. The article accurately reflects the information available from the provided sources.
Detailed Analysis:
- Claim: A jury awarded at least $2.2 million to a protester.
- Verification Source #1: Confirms that a jury awarded at least $2.2 million to a protester.
- Verification Source #3: Confirms that a jury awarded at least $2.2 million to a protester.
- Verification Source #4: Confirms that a jury awarded at least $2.2 million to a protester.
- Verification Source #5: Confirms that a jury awarded at least $2.2 million to a protester.
- Assessment: Supported
- Claim: The protester was shot in the face with a less-lethal munition.
- Verification Source #1: Confirms the protester was shot in the face with a less-lethal munition.
- Verification Source #3: Confirms the protester was shot in the face with a nonlethal projectile.
- Verification Source #4: Confirms the protester was shot in the face with a nonlethal projectile.
- Verification Source #5: Confirms the protester was shot in the face with a nonlethal projectile.
- Assessment: Supported
- Claim: The shooting was by a Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy during a demonstration against police brutality in 2020.
- Verification Source #1: The source does not explicitly mention the year 2020, but it does state that the shooting was by a Los Angeles sheriff's deputy during a protest.
- Verification Source #3: The article states the shooting occurred during a demonstration against police brutality in 2020.
- Assessment: Supported
- Claim: The only thing in his hands was a camera.
- Verification Source #3: The article states, 'Then Gluck was shot in the face with a nonlethal projectile, the only thing in his hands a camera, the complaint said.'
- Assessment: Supported
Supporting Evidence/Contradictions:
- Multiple sources (1, 3, 4, 5) confirm the jury award of at least $2.2 million to the protester.
- Source 3 explicitly states the protester was holding only a camera when shot.