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https://policefundingdatabase.org/about-police-accountability/what-you-can-do/

WE IDENTIFIED 167 PUBLICLY REPORTED SETTLEMENTS THAT RESULTED IN POLICY CHANGES AND OVER $2,246,987,900.00 IN MONETARY COMPENSATION TO VICTIMS.

Data was last updated September 6, 2022

SOURCE : https://policefundingdatabase.org/explore-the-database/settlements/


1.) Settlements
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS
2021

In December 2021, Williamson County officials reached a $5 million settlement with the family of Javier Amber, a 40-year-old Black man who was killed during an arrest in 2019.

In March 2019, Amber was pulled over by Williamson County police officers following a car chase.  It was alleged that Amber failed to dim his headlights for oncoming traffic. When two police officers apprehended him, they tased him several times, which led to his death later that night. 

Amber claimed he was sick and that he could not breathe while the officers were tasing him. His family filed a wrongful death lawsuit following his death, which was settled by the city in December 2021.

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"Central Texas county approves $5M settlement over Javier Ambler’s death", Associated Press, December 15, 2021
Chantal Da Silva, "Javier Ambler's family to receive $5 million settlement in wrongful death lawsuit, Texas county says", NBC News, December 15, 2021
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$5,000,000.00



2.) CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
2021

In December 2021, the Chicago City Council’s Finance Committee unanimously voted to pay $2.9 million dollars to Anjanette Young, a Black woman whose home was wrongfully raided in February 2019.

In February 2019, 13 Chicago police officers, who were acting on a bad tip that a man with an illegal firearm lived in Young’s home, raided her house, and handcuffed her while she was getting ready for bed, forcing her to stand naked while they searched her home.

Following the incident, Young filed a lawsuit against the city and the officers for failing to independently verify the place to be searched and for wrongfully entering her home.

Young’s attorney agreed to settle the case for $2.9 million and, amid the uproar of the case, new raid policies were implemented requiring a department member who is at the rank of lieutenant or higher to be present, as well as a female department member when warrants are being served.

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John Byrne and Gregory Pratt, "$2.9 million settlement for Anjanette Young over bungled police raid advances to City Council", Chicago Tribune, December 13, 2021


Dan Babwin, "City expected to offer $2.9 million settlement to Anjanette Young over botched police raid", WBEZ Chicago, December 13, 2021


3.) COLUMBUS, OHIO
2021

In December 2021, the City of Columbus agreed to pay $5.75 million to 32 plaintiffs who alleged that police officers used excessive force against them during social justice protests in the summer of 2020.

The plaintiffs were among many who were protesting police violence in May 2020. During the protests, the police made arrests and used excessive force, such as pepper spray, tear gas, and wooden batons, against protesters, resulting in some of the plaintiffs sustaining significant injuries.

The injured protesters filed a lawsuit in July 2020, and the city reached a settlement with the 32 plaintiffs in December 2021, agreeing to pay $5.75 million to be divided among them. Additionally, the city agreed to implement a permanent injunction barring Columbus police officers from using forms of nonlethal force against nonviolent protesters.
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Jesus Jiménez, "Columbus Reaches $5.75 Million Settlement Agreement With Protesters", The New York Times, December 09, 2021
Steve Brown, "Columbus City Council Approves $5.75 Million Settlement With Injured Protesters", NPR News, December 14, 2021
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