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 key claims verified by multiple sources. The reporting seems mostly objective, with minimal discernible bias. The article accurately reports the jury's decision and the circumstances surrounding the incident.
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 more than $2 million to a protester.
- Verification Source #4: Confirms that a jury awarded more than $2 million to a protester.
- Verification Source #5: Confirms that a jury awarded more than $2 million to a protester.
- Assessment: Supported by multiple sources.
- Claim: The protester 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.
- Verification Source #1: Confirms the protester was shot in the face with a less-lethal munition by a Los Angeles sheriff's deputy during a demonstration.
- 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.
- Assessment: Supported by multiple sources.
- Claim: The protester, Gluck, was holding a camera when he was shot.
- Verification Source #3: States that Gluck was shot in the face with a nonlethal projectile, the only thing in his hands a camera.
- Verification Source #4: States that Gluck was shot in the face with a nonlethal projectile, the only thing in his hands a camera.
- Assessment: Supported by multiple sources.
Supporting Evidence/Contradictions:
- apnews.com: 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.
- yahoo.com: Then Gluck was shot in the face with a nonlethal projectile, the only thing in his hands a camera, the complaint said.