Floyd family agrees to $27 million pretrial settlement with city of Minneapolis

This is absolutely insane and outrageous! What is going on in Minneapolis to pay out tens of millions of dollars on such settlements! Those Minneapolis officials who were responsible to agree with this settlement should be fired or recalled immediately! Not to wait for the outcome of the pending jury trial is irresponsible! This is a judicial farce, what a travesty of justice!

Despite reports of Mr. Floyd being agitated, resisted arrest and being under the influence of possibly multiple drugs and much more! I blogged here, here, and here about him. What if the pending jury trial acquits the police officers and puts the blame on George Floyd? This outrageous settlement will only negatively influence the jury members, who are already under tremendous pressure! 

This and other similar excessive settlements open the floodgates and will make our streets and our lives less save!

"... Council members met privately to discuss the settlement, then returned to public session for a unanimous vote in support of the massive payout. It easily surpassed the $20 million the city approved two years ago to the family of a white woman killed by a police officer. Floyd family attorney Ben Crump called it the largest pretrial settlement ever for a civil rights claim, and thanked city leaders ..."

Floyd family agrees to $27M settlement amidst ex-cop's trial The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd’s family over the Black man’s death in police custody, as jury selection continued in a former officer’s murder trial.