George Floyd's family only needed one thing to receive the
27 million dollars, previously agreed with the city of Minneapolis, as
"compensation" for the death of the African American, and that was to
blame the murder on former police officer Derek Chauvin.
Last month The Washington Post reported that the city of
Minneapolis, USA, would pay a record $ 27 million to George Floyd's family to
settle the wrongful death lawsuit related to his death last year in police
custody.
That settlement is the highest ever to have been paid in the
city, dwarfing the $ 20 million paid in 2019 to the family of Justine Damond,
who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer in 2017.
Floyd's family and his legal team welcomed the agreement
without hesitation, saying the record amount was a "vindication" for
Floyd and the African Americans who took to the nation's streets to demand
social justice after the 46-year-old man's death years.
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