CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati City Council will soon vote on whether it will approve the settlement of a lawsuit filed by attorneys representing protesters in 2020.

As we reported Friday , the City of Cincinnati and Hamilton County have settled a class action lawsuit claiming people's First Amendment rights were violated during protests over the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.

The city announced Friday it has reached an $8.1 million settlement, of which Hamilton County will pay $65,000, in Kenney, et al. v. City of Cincinnati, et al.

The lawsuit, filed by 11 people and later joined by more than 400 plaintiffs, claims a curfew set in place by former Mayor John Cranley was unconstitutional and led to the unlawful imprisonment of protesters.

On May 29, 2020, after day

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