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A South Carolina county on Tuesday agreed to pay $10 million to the family of a Black man who died in January after sheriff's deputies tased and pepper sprayed him in a jail cell.The Charleston County Council unanimously agreed to the settlement to be given to the family of Jamal Sutherland, according to The Washington Post.Sutherland, 31, had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Authorities arrested Sutherland the day.