Activist Derrick Sanderlin (center) is receiving a settlement from San Jose after being injured by police during protests in 2020. (Vicente Vera/San José Spotlight)

CITY OFFICIALS ARE PAYING OUT more than half-a-million dollars after officers injured protesters rallying against police brutality in summer 2020.

The $620,000 settlement comes in response to a civil rights lawsuit filed five years ago by the NAACP San Jose/Silicon Valley, San Jose Peace and Justice Center and community organizers such as Derrick Sanderlin — who was shot by police in the groin with a 40mm less lethal projectile during citywide protests against the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. This settlement to six individuals ends all pending lawsuits.

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