A federal judge has sharply reduced the $11.5 million dollar judgment awarded to the mother of Cordale Handy, who was killed by St. Paul police in 2017. U.S. District Judge David Doty called the $10 million in compensatory damages that were part of the jury’s verdict “patently excessive,” and cut the total amount of the award to $4 million.
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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 .