A federal civil jury has awarded more than $1.3 million to a man who was injured by a police projectile at a George Floyd protest in the summer of 2020, concluding the first excessive force trial over the police aggression that garnered international scorn and changed the city’s protest response.

The police chief says the officers were initially threatened at an intersection near McLaughlin Avenue by a gunman who later caught up to them and opened fire.

San Jose police said undercover officers returned fire at an unknown number of suspects – who they said shot at them first -- and then fled the scene.