Georgia city settles suit over 2017 death in police custody
July 13, 2021
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COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) A local government in Georgia agreed Tuesday to pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a Hispanic man who died in a struggle with police officers 2017.
Columbus Council members met in closed session and approved the settlement with the family of Hector Arreola, news outlets reported.
“Council decided that it was in the best interest of everyone involved, to include the Arreola family, the law enforcement personnel involved, the citizens of Columbus, Georgia,” Mayor Skip Henderson told WRBL-TV after the vote. “It gives us an opportunity, maybe to begin some healing on this.”
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