The family of Tamir Rice — the 12-year-old boy shot and killed by Cleveland police in 2014 — will receive a $6 million settlement from the city, according to an announcement in United States District Court on Monday.
Cleveland did not admit to any fault in the settlement, which allows the city to avoid a potential federal civil rights trial that would have examined the city’s police force.
The settlement also nullifies the chance of a larger settlement that could have been attached to a wrongful death suit filed by Rice’s family in January, 2015. Read more…
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