The settlement comes after the DOJ alleged that the Vallejo Police Department engaged in a "pattern or practice of unconstitutional conduct" and after civil rights attorneys have cried for more oversight for a department whose officers have killed more than 20 people since 2012.
On Feb. 9, 2019 McCoy was shot at least 51 times by six Vallejo officers outside of the then Taco Bell drive-thru on Admiral Callaghan Lane. Although five years have gone by, the family and community members revisited the site for a vigil in his honor.
The settlement comes nearly five years after the 20-year-old was shot at least 51 times by six Vallejo officers outside of the then Taco Bell drive-thru on Admiral Callaghan Lane on Feb. 9, 2019.
The settlement comes nearly five years after the 20-year-old was shot at least 51 times by six Vallejo officers outside of the then Taco Bell drive-thru on Admiral Callaghan Lane on Feb. 9, 2019.