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By Marcus Chen
WCCO / CBS Minnesota
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@keyframes spin { 0% { transform:rotate(0deg); } 100% { transform:rotate(360deg); } } Minneapolis pays out another $2 million in claim of excessive force from 2020 civil unrest More than six years after the murder of George Floyd and the civil unrest that followed, Minneapolis taxpayers are continuing to absorb the financial fallout from allegations of police misconduct during the city’s response to protests and unrest in 2020. The latest case, finalized in court Monday, calls for the city to pay $2 million to a group of six people who alleged they were targeted in an unconstitutional police operation on Lake Street during the days after Floyd’s murder. The judgment is the latest in a series of lawsuits tied to police actions during the week of unrest, bringing the city’s total payouts in related cases to more than $11 million. According to court filings, the six plain