First responder Robert Webster was fired after he punched a shirtless and drugged up man who spit on him. Recently released surveillance footage showed the confrontation on October 15.
Amir Hekmati, a U.S. Marine veteran from Flint, Mich., had applied for compensation from the federal fund after he was imprisoned in Iran for 4½ years and released in 2016 as a part of the Iran nuclear deal.
Ferguson, Missouri’s consent decree will require the police department to transform its operations, subject itself to new oversight, and cede its sovereignty to the federal government.