freddie-grays-family-settles-city-6-4m

[overthecap]

Wow, that was fast. 6.5 mil before the Criminal trial even commenced.
What's Sharpton's cut?

Freddie Gray's family settles with city for $6.4MAssociated Press By JULIET LINDERMAN
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Baltimore resident Freddie 'Pepper' Gray is painted on the wall near the place where he was tackled and arrested by police at the Gilmor Homes housing project June 9, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. In the wake of protests, demonstrations and riots triggered by the April 19 death of Gray, officials said the city experienced 43 murders last month, its deadliest May since 1970. People who live in Gray's neighborhood say one of the reasons for the spike in shootings is because police have dramatically increased response time, creating an atmosphere of lawlessness in some of Baltimore's most crime-affected areas. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)BALTIMORE (AP) — The family of Freddie Gray, who died after being critically injured in police custody, reached a tentative $6.4 million wrongful death settlement with the city of Baltimore, resolving civil claims about a week after the first hearing in the criminal case against six police officers, officials said Tuesday.



The settlement still needs the approval of a board that oversees city spending. That board meets Wednesday.

"The proposed settlement agreement going before the board of estimates should not be interpreted as a judgment on the guilt or innocence of the officers facing trial," Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said in a news release. "This settlement is being proposed solely because it is in the best interest of the city, and avoids costly and protracted litigation that would only make it more difficult for our city to heal and potentially cost taxpayers many millions more in damages."

The settlement does not resolve any factual disputes, and expressly does not constitute an admission of liability on the part of the city, its police department or any of the officers. The settlement has nothing whatsoever to do with the criminal proceedings, the press release said.

Detective Donny Moses, a Baltimore Police Department spokesman, said the agency's public affairs staff was under direct orders not to comment on the proposed settlement.

"It really is not a police department matter," he said, referring questions to the city solicitor's office.

Initial police reports said Gray was arrested with a knife, though whether Gray was legally carrying that knife is sure to be a centerpiece of the case as it moves to trial. Prosecutors say it's legal under a city ordinance, while defense attorneys argue that it's a switchblade, and thus illegal under both city and state law.

All six officers, including Edward Nero and Garrett Miller, are charged with second-degree assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment. Lt. Brian Rice, Sgt. Alicia White and Officer William Porter also face a manslaughter charge, while Officer Caesar Goodson faces the most serious charge of all: second-degree "depraved-heart" murder.

Three of the officers are black and three are white.




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[tornado]

Now they can say: "I gots mines, yo !!!!!!"

[mrwizard]

When you consider what Freddie was going to cost the Taxpayers in Welfare payments to his offspring, Police overtime for his arrests, Court Costs and the cost of his incarceration during his lifetime, $6.4 million is a bargain. Hell, the cost of supporting his 18 children and nine baby Moma's alone would have eaten that up in a few short years. Don't forget also the future overtime, Court costs and cost of incarcerating his offspring. We got a good deal here.

[overthecap]

Sept 8, 2015 12:56:15 GMT -5 mrwizard said:

When you consider what Freddie was going to cost the Taxpayers in Welfare payments to his offspring, Police overtime for his arrests, Court Costs and the cost of his incarceration during his lifetime, $6.4 million is a bargain. Hell, the cost of supporting his 18 children and nine baby Moma's alone would have eaten that up in a few short years. Don't forget also the future overtime, Court costs and cost of incarcerating his offspring. We got a good deal here.

Mr W.

IMO they all stay on the dole.

And, have an action against the city down the road, when they F/U, suing the city for causing their demise, because pops was taken away unjustly and they had no daddy to raise them proper .

[mrwizard]

Perhaps I should have been more clear. I was speaking about his future progeny. The little rug rats that he's already spawned are a fixed cost and nothing can be done about them until they reach shooting age. Given the fact that, in their neighborhood, they have a better chance of getting capped in a local drug war than catching the flu, they're already there. With conjugal visits guys like Freddie can make 18 more babies easily even if they're incarcerated.
Wouldn't it be amazing if some of that money was spent to educate his children and get them out of the ghetto? Nah, forget it. That money will all be spent on Escalades, grgrape soda, Mickey D's, lotto tickets and pork rinds. It will be gone in 6 months.

This is amazing. This board refuses to accept the word "grgrape". I've tried editing it 6 times and it keeps changing it to "grgrgrape".

It did it again. Try it. I've never seen anything like this.

grape

[since86]

Guess there will be a run on the Cadillac, BMW and Audi dealers in the Baltimore area.....

[tornado]

That money is going to be gone in a year, after their lawyers get their cut and Al Sharpton gets his piece of the action.....and they will still be living in the same shvthole, just like Sean Bell's boo in Queens with Bell's bastards.