Judge in Michael Brown case FORCED to release settlement figure - $1.5 million

[Text Drivers are Killers]

Judge is a super-lib white-hating racist clinton appointee and naturally thought he could defy the law..

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40385384

june 23 2017 The parents of Michael Brown, who was shot dead nearly three years ago by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, have received a financial settlement.

A lawyer for the city said Ferguson's insurance company had paid $1.5m (£1.2m).
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US District Judge E Richard Webber authorised the payment on Tuesday, but ordered the figure to be kept sealed.
"Disclosure of the terms of the settlement agreement could jeopardise the safety of individuals involved in this matter, whether as witnesses, parties, or investigator," the judge wrote.

However, state law requires that the figure be released, leading to city attorney Apollo Carey's disclosure on Friday morning.
2014 claimed that their son's death was due to a police culture of pervasive hostility towards African-Americans, the St Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

[tsuke]

didnt they already rule the police not guilty? I could be forgetting.

[Darth Omar]

didnt they already rule the police not guilty? I could be forgetting.

That's what I don't get.

If the police weren't culpable, on what legal basis is the city required to cough up 1.5 million for Brown's death?

[Text Drivers are Killers]

The cops did nothing wrong so why the payout? More affirmative action special treatment for blacks.

[Text Drivers are Killers]

That's what I don't get.

If the police weren't culpable, on what legal basis is the city required to cough up 1.5 million for Brown's death?

Juries do anything they want and the city's insurance company knew the jury would be all or mostly black and hand out an even bigger settlement. I still think the city should have fought this in court though since they can drag it out for 5 years or more and the family would have eventually settled for far less than this.

[Nomad]

That's what I don't get.

If the police weren't culpable, on what legal basis is the city required to cough up 1.5 million for Brown's death?

Same reason why the Brown family got a $30 million wrongful death civil settlement against OJ Simpson even though the glove didn't fit so they (had to) acquit.

Criminal and civil law have different standards of proof.

Beyond a reasonable doubt vs preponderance of the evidence.

[cawacko]

Same reason why the Brown family got a $30 million wrongful death civil settlement against OJ Simpson even though the glove didn't fit so they (had to) acquit.

Criminal and civil law have different standards of proof.

Beyond a reasonable doubt vs preponderance of the evidence.

I get it but I'm still somewhat confused in that no one is debating how he died. All sides acknowledge the officer shot him. If the officer didn't act criminally isn't he following what he was taught to do? So is the police field guide on how to behave already in violation of civil law?

[Nomad]

I get it but I'm still somewhat confused in that no one is debating how he died. All sides acknowledge the officer shot him. If the officer didn't act criminally isn't he following what he was taught to do? So is the police field guide on how to behave already in violation of civil law?

All the plaintiffs would've had to prove had the case gone to trial, is that Brown was unarmed and that the officer had other options at his disposal.

Put that argument in front of a sympathetic jury and they could've been on the hook for several times what they settled for.

Plus all the legal fees.

Big risk.

[tsuke]

or it could have been 0 : )

[USFREEDOM911]

didnt they already rule the police not guilty? I could be forgetting.

The City leaders paid this out, to avoid going through a lengthy trail.
Plus it makes them appear to be compassionate; when it truth, they're just weak.

It is nice to know though, that the City of Ferguson places the value of $1.5 million for the life of a criminal.

They can probably expect even more similar behavior now, on the expectation of becoming rich.

[Darth Omar]

Same reason why the Brown family got a $30 million wrongful death civil settlement against OJ Simpson even though the glove didn't fit so they (had to) acquit.

Criminal and civil law have different standards of proof.

Beyond a reasonable doubt vs preponderance of the evidence.

And the evidence is what?

Brown got shot while assaulting a cop.

[tsuke]

BASED ON HIM BEING A GENTLE GIANT! STOP BEING RACIST OMAR!

[zappasguitar]

That's what I don't get.

If the police weren't culpable, on what legal basis is the city required to cough up 1.5 million for Brown's death?

Obviously there must be some doubt as to the innocence of the police.

[BRUTALITOPS]

What a fucking joke

In any case 1.5 million well spent

[tsuke]

What a fucking joke

In any case 1.5 million well spent

the going price for one gentle giant is 1.5 million? :3