(Reuters) - 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. Benjamin Crump, an attorney for the Floyd family, said the agreement was the largest pre-trial settlement of a wrongful death lawsuit in U.S. history. Floyd's family was "pleased that this part of our tragic journey to justice for my brother George is resolved," his sister Bridgett Floyd said in a statement. "While our hearts are broken, we are comforted in knowing that even in death, George Floyd showed the world how to live," her statement said. "Every American remembers where they were when they first saw it," Frey said of the video showing Floyd's death.

Source: The Star March 12, 2021 18:54 UTC