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BATON ROUGE, LA. Apparently, attacking law enforcement has become a lucrative venture. At least that’s the message being sent in Baton Rouge after the East Baton Rouge Metro Council voted 4-7 last week in favor of offering a $4.5 million-dollar settlement to the family of Alton Sterling, according to ABC News. The family’s lawsuit alleges the shooting of Sterling fit a pattern of racist behavior and excessive force by the Baton Rouge Police Department.
The offer calls for Sterling’s heirs to first get $1 million, paid out of the city-parish’s Insurance Reserve Fund followed by annual $875,000 payments over the next four years. The offer is in response to a civil lawsuit brought by the family of Alton Sterling, who was killed in 2016 by police who approached him while he was selling homemade CDs in front of a convenience store.
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$4.5M settlement passed for family of Alton Sterling by BR Metro Council
$4.5M settlement passed for family of Alton Sterling by BR Metro Council By WAFB Staff | February 10, 2021 at 8:29 PM CST - Updated February 11 at 1:29 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The East Baton Rouge Metro Council passed a $4.5 million settlement in the civil suit for the family of Alton Sterling, who was killed by a BRPD officer in 2016, according to Councilwoman Chauna Banks.
The settlement was passed in a 7-4 vote. Council members Chauna Banks, Cleve Dunn, LaMont Cole, Erika Green, Carolyn Coleman, Rowdy Gaudet and Denise Amoroso voted to pass the settlement.
The East Baton Rouge Metro Council in Louisiana voted on a $4.5 million settlement Wednesday for the family of Alton Sterling, a Black man shot and killed by police in 2016.
The council voted 7-4 in favor of offering the settlement to Sterling s family after they filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and the Baton Rouge Police Department.
On Wednesday, Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome tweeted, I am pleased our metro council was able to find a consensus and approve an offer of settlement in the Alton Sterling civil case. After nearly five years, the people of Baton Rouge are finally one step closer to getting much needed closure in this traumatic episode in our history.
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