HBCU Students Receive Millions after “Violently” Arrested [Video]

After a three-year-long lawsuit against the City of Atlanta, Messiah Young and Taniyah Pilgrim have been awarded $2 million in damages.

“This is not a gift,” Chris Stewart, Pilgrim’s attorney, said in a press conference. “This is not something these kids did not deserve. These are innocent victims who were caught in traffic that night.”

According to Fox News, the night in question occurred back in May 2020 during the height of Black Lives Matter protests in response to the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Then HBCU students Young and Pilgrim were heading home during a curfew — imposed by former Mayor Keisha Bottoms only hours before — when police pulled them out of their vehicle, tased them, and “hit them with stun guns,” according to the June 2021 lawsuit.