“Hopefully it’s a healing in the way that policing is carried on.”Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender offered her condolences to Floyd’s family after the vote. “The concern is that jurors will be aware that the city gave George Floyd’s family a great deal of money,” Moriarty said. “Although it’s hard to ignore it if you’re a juror.”Bennett represented Damond’s family in its wrongful death case against the city. The Floyd family settlement includes $500,000 to benefit the area in Minneapolis near where Floyd died — now widely known as George Floyd Square — and to execute necessary documents to process the agreement. In celebrating the settlement, lawyers representing Floyd’s family hailed the changes Minneapolis has pledged to make to its policing tactics.

Source: Washington Post March 12, 2021 14:30 UTC