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Columbus, Georgia To Pay $500,000 To Settle 2017 Police Custody Death July 15, 2021
A local government in Georgia agreed Tuesday to pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a Hispanic man who died in a struggle with police officers 2017.
Columbus Council members met in closed session and approved the settlement with the family of Hector Arreola, news outlets reported.
“Council decided that it was in the best interest of everyone involved, to include the Arreola family, the law enforcement personnel involved, the citizens of Columbus, Georgia,” Mayor Skip Henderson told WRBL-TV after the vote. “It gives us an opportunity, maybe to begin some healing on this.”
Georgia city settles suit over 2017 death in police custody
July 13, 2021
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COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) A local government in Georgia agreed Tuesday to pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a Hispanic man who died in a struggle with police officers 2017.
Columbus Council members met in closed session and approved the settlement with the family of Hector Arreola, news outlets reported.
“Council decided that it was in the best interest of everyone involved, to include the Arreola family, the law enforcement personnel involved, the citizens of Columbus, Georgia,” Mayor Skip Henderson told WRBL-TV after the vote. “It gives us an opportunity, maybe to begin some healing on this.”
DA plans to take 2017 Columbus excessive use of force case before grand jury
DA plans to take 2017 Columbus excessive use of force case before grand jury By Cindy Centofanti | February 12, 2021 at 8:38 PM EST - Updated February 12 at 10:48 PM
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Four years later, after losing their son to what a Columbus family claims to be excessive use of police force, they are speaking out with the help of the NAACP.
Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney Mark Jones has also announced his involvement and hopes to bring the case of Hector Arreola before a grand jury.
“We can’t just ignore a death in the community because it involves officers,” Jones said.
Officers could face charges in 2017 death after arrest
February 13, 2021 GMT
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) A Georgia prosecutor says he will let a grand jury decide whether to charge two police officers after man died in a struggle with them in 2017.
District Attorney Mark Jones told the Ledger-Enquirer that he intends to present the death of Hector Arreola to grand jurors within weeks.
“I think we’ve got to,” he said. “Each side has their own version of the events of what happened, and that’s what the grand jury’s for.”
Jones told WTVM-TV the Columbus police officers could be charged with aggravated assault and murder.