Federal judge reduces $10 million record civil award in Cordale Handy case to $2.5 million

A federal judge has reduced the city of St. Paul’s record jury award to the family of Cordale Handy, a man killed by St. Paul Police in 2017, shrinking it from $10 million to $2.5 million in compensatory damages. After reviewing an appeal filed by the city in the excessive force case, U.S. District Court Judge David Doty called the $10 million civil award “patently excessive” and found that it ...

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