The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay $27 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of George Floyd over his death in police custody, a case that stirred national protests over racial injustice and police brutality. Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died in May as Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer, kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes. Floyd's dying pleas for help were captured on widely viewed bystander video, sparking one of the largest protest movements ever seen in the United States.
Minneapolis reaches $27M settlement with Floyd family
Janelle Griffith and Shaquille Brewster
March 12, 2021, 10:48 AM·4 min read
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MINNEAPOLIS The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit with George Floyd s family just weeks before the trial is scheduled to begin for the former officer charged with murder in his death. The settlement surpasses the previous $20 million record for Minneapolis, a city spokesperson said.
The City Council unanimously approved the settlement Friday after meeting in private. It includes a $500,000 donation to the community around the intersection of 38th and Chicago Avenue now known as George Floyd Square where police confronted Floyd last May 25 after a convenience store clerk claimed that he had tried to use a counterfeit $20 bill to buy cigarettes.
ANTIOCH, Calif. (KGO) Authorities said that officers did not use an illegal knee-on-neck chokehold to detain Angelo Quinto, a Bay Area Navy veteran who died during a confrontation with police in December. His family has since filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
The family of Quinto called the police on Dec. 23 because the 30-year-old was suffering a mental health crisis at their home in Antioch. His family says a responding officer knelt on Quinto s neck for nearly five minutes while another officer restrained his legs. Quinto lost consciousness and was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he died three days later.
Police say no illegal knee-on-neck chokeholds used on Angelo Quinto after family files wrongful death lawsuit
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ANTIOCH, Calif. Authorities said that officers did not use an illegal knee-on-neck chokehold to detain Angelo Quinto, a Bay Area Navy veteran who died during a confrontation with police in December. His family has since filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
The family of Quinto called police on Dec. 23 because the 30-year-old was suffering a mental health crisis at their home in Antioch, 45 miles east of San Francisco. His family says a responding officer knelt on Quinto s neck for nearly five minutes while another officer restrained his legs. Quinto lost consciousness and was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he died three days later.