FFS 'Minneapolis to pay murdered George Floyd family $27m'
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There are Footballers who earn more than $27m in a year in wages alone, I think that is more ludicrous than this payout.
Dark Diggler said:
A whole different topic & i wouldn't disagree , i long since gave up watching any sport , the money involved for a majority who are nothing short of average is laughable .
As for the original topic , $27m is just a nonsense figure , a quick google search brings up names & numbers of other cases like for eg
Breonna Taylor who was a total innocent mistakenly shot by police in her own apt 10times / family awarded $12m
Terence Sterling shot in the back by Washington police / family awarded $3.5m
the list is endless but the previous high being $18m compounds the figure $27m as being insane
Settlement: $18 million
LaTanya Haggerty, Chicago, 1999
Ms. Haggerty, a 26-year-old computer analyst, was a passenger in a car that fled a police traffic stop and was chased for 31 blocks. Her family received what is still believed to be the highest settlement in a fatal police shooting.
The officer who fired the fatal shot, Serena Daniels, said she mistook a cellphone Ms. Haggerty was holding for a gun. Officer Daniels and two other officers involved were fired after officials said they had ignored orders and fired without justification, but they were not prosecuted.
Settlement: $3.25 million
Sean Bell, New York, 2006
Sean Bell, 23, was fatally shot by the police on what would have been his wedding day. Five police officers fired a total of 50 shots into the car Mr. Bell was driving. The police said they believed, wrongly, that someone in the car had a gun because they had heard Mr. Bell’s acquaintances discussing a firearm while leaving his bachelor party, which took place at a club that was under investigation. The total settlement was $7.15 million; about $3.9 million went to two passengers who were wounded. Three of the officers were acquitted of manslaughter; the other two did not face criminal charges.
Settlement: $6.5 million
Walter L. Scott, North Charleston, S.C., 2015
Mr. Scott was stopped for a broken taillight and fled on foot, possibly because he feared arrest for failure to pay child support. A video appeared to show the officer, Michael T. Slager, shooting Mr. Scott in the back as he was running away. Mr. Slager was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Settlement: $6 million
Tamir Rice, Cleveland, 2014
Tamir Rice, 12, was carrying a replica handgun in a public park when an onlooker reported him to 911. Within two seconds of his arrival in a police cruiser, Officer Timothy Loehmann had shot the boy, later saying he feared for his life. The pellet gun was missing the orange safety tip that indicated it was a toy. The 911 caller had said the gun was “probably fake,” but that information was not relayed to the officers. A grand jury declined to indict Officer Loehmann, who was later fired for lying on his police application.
Settlement: $5 million
Laquan McDonald, Chicago, 2014
Laquan McDonald, 17, was killed by a Chicago police officer as he was walking away from officers. He was armed with a knife that he had refused to drop. The officer, Jason Van Dyke, shot Mr. McDonald 16 times. Officer Van Dyke is facing charges of murder and aggravated battery.
Settlement: $3 million
Philando Castile, Falcon Heights, Minn., 2016
During a traffic stop for a broken taillight, Mr. Castile told the officer, Jeronimo Yanez of the St. Anthony Police Department, that he had a gun in the car (he was licensed to carry it). The officer told him not to reach for it, but then fired, later saying he thought that Mr. Castile was disobeying his order. The aftermath of the shooting was streamed live on Facebook by a passenger, Mr. Castile’s girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, whose young daughter was in the back seat. Officer Yanez was acquitted of manslaughter charges but left the police department.
Settlement: $3 million
Amadou Diallo, New York, 1999
Mr. Diallo, a 22-year-old immigrant from Guinea, was killed by four plainclothes officers who fired a total of 41 bullets, 19 of which struck Mr. Diallo. Officers said they believed Mr. Diallo had a gun. He was unarmed.
The officers, who were on patrol, said Mr. Diallo fit the description of a serial rapist. They said they mistook a wallet Mr. Diallo was holding for a gun. The officers were tried for second-degree murder and acquitted.
Settlement: $2.8 million
Oscar Grant, Oakland, Calif., 2009
Officers of the Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department were responding to reports of a fight when they ordered Mr. Grant, 22, to lie down on a subway platform. It is not clear whether he was involved in the fight. Though he complied with the order, one of the officers, Johannes Mehserle, shot Mr. Grant — who was unarmed — in the back. The officer said he thought Mr. Grant was reaching for a gun. Officer Mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and served 11 months in jail. The shooting was the basis for a film, “Fruitvale Station.”
Settlement: $1.5 million
Michael Brown, Ferguson, Mo., 2014
Mr. Brown, 18, was fatally shot by Darren Wilson, a police officer who confronted him for walking in the street. The officer said Mr. Brown attacked him. The authorities found Mr. Brown’s DNA inside the driver’s door of the police vehicle, and on Officer Wilson’s clothes and weapon. The shooting sparked protests across the country and unrest in Ferguson, but several investigations ended with no charges filed against Officer Wilson, who resigned.