A North Carolina sheriff’s office announced a $3 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by the family of an unarmed Black man killed by sheriff’s deputies more than a year ago.
with his hands on the wheel when the first of numerous shots was fired.
The settlement was reached over several weeks last month in the case overseen by a federal magistrate in U.S. District Court in Raleigh, the news release said.The county’s payment resolves potential liability against the defendants and any individual officers who were either named or could be named as defendants in the lawsuit, the news release said.
“Andrew Brown Jr. was a devoted father who wanted his children to have the things he didn’t,” said a statement from the five attorneys representing his family. “While no settlement could ever fill the hole his death left in their hearts, this agreement is about providing for those children’s futures, securing their education and ensuring their dreams didn’t die with their father.
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