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Gloria Oladipo in New York and agency

Minneapolis backs $150,000 settlement for George Floyd witness’s PTSD lawsuit

a man answers questions in court
Donald Williams answers questions during the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on 29 March 2021. Photograph: Court TV via AP

The Minneapolis city council approved a $150,000 settlement to an eyewitness who tried to intervene to prevent George Floyd’s murder by police in the city almost four years ago and alleges he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result.

Donald Williams, 35, a mixed martial arts fighter who testified against Derek Chauvin in the former police officer’s 2021 murder trial, sued the city last spring, alleging he was assaulted by police while trying to prevent Floyd’s death on 25 May 2020.

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