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BATON ROUGE, LA. — Apparently, attacking law enforcement has become a lucrative venture. At least that’s the message being sent in Baton Rouge after the East Baton Rouge Metro Council voted 4-7 last week in favor of offering a $4.5 million-dollar settlement to the family of Alton Sterling, according to ABC News. The family’s lawsuit alleges the shooting of Sterling fit a pattern of racist behavior and excessive force by the Baton Rouge Police Department.
The offer calls for Sterling’s heirs to first get $1 million, paid out of the city-parish’s Insurance Reserve Fund—followed by annual $875,000 payments over the next four years. The offer is in response to a civil lawsuit brought by the family of Alton Sterling, who was killed in 2016 by police who approached him while he was selling homemade CDs in front of a convenience store.