The Minneapolis City Council has agreed to give the family of George Floyd $27 million in the largest settlement in the city’s history. The massive civil settlement comes on the heels of congress passing a massive city and state bailout bill under the auspices of COVID. [Statement from Ben Crump HERE]
It is not a stretch to see a situation where Minneapolis is paying out this $27 million settlement because they now have an influx of federal cash to support or replace it.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd’s family over the Black man’s death in police custody, even as jury selection continued in a former officer’s murder trial.
The Minneapolis City Council emerged from closed session to announce the record settlement, which includes $500,000 for the neighborhood where Floyd was arrested. Floyd family attorney Ben Crump called a news conference for 1 p.m. that was to include family members.
Crump, in a prepared statement, said it was the largest pretrial civil rights settlement ever, and “sends a powerful message that Black lives do matter and police brutality against people of color must end.” (read more)



The $1.9 trillion blue state bailout bill has passed the House of representatives. No republicans supported the bill in the House or senate. Unfortunately, the outcome as as we anticipated after the 2020 election {
