Five people have received ‘substantial undisclosed’ damages from Avon and Somerset police after they were attacked by police officers clearing College Green at a demonstration in Bristol last year.
The police reached an out-of-court financial settlement with the five people, who were van-dwellers protesting about the impact on their way of life of new legislation on March 23, 2021.
One of the five said she had ‘never experienced such violence from the police before’. Despite making the payments, Avon and Somerset police said they still denied the allegations of police brutality made as part of the claims, and each of the financial settlements were made to the five ‘without admission of liability’.
