Oakland Defeats Class Status Bid in Floyd Protest Tear Gas Suit

Plaintiffs suing the city of Oakland over tear gas deployed during George Floyd protests last year lost their bid for certification, after the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California said it foresaw difficulty managing the case.

The plaintiffs, which include Anti-Police Terror Project and Community Ready Corps, sought certification of a single class for purposes of both damages and injunctive relief, which would include “all demonstrators who inhaled CS gas at the protests in Oakland on May 29, 2020, between 9:20 p.m. to 9:40 p.m. at or near 7th and Broadway in downtown Oakland, and June 1, ...