I omitted the parts of the article containing the details of the shooting. We were force fed those when it happened.

A federal judge on Tuesday approved a settlement in the lawsuit brought by the family of Michael Brown against the police officer who fatally shot him in Ferguson, Mo., ending the legal chapter of a case that sparked national outrage over the police’s treatment of black people.

Judge E. Richard Webber of the Eastern District of Missouri sealed the details of the settlement, which also named the city of Ferguson and the former police chief, Thomas Jackson. The amount would be less than $3 million, according to a person familiar with the details of the case, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because no one is allowed to speak about the particulars of the case. Three million dollars is the most the city can pay under its insurance, according to The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The lawsuit was filed by Mr. Brown’s father, Michael Sr., and his mother, Lesley McSpadden.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/0...ity-of-ferguson.html

It's taxpayer money. The public has a right to know how much they are paying these dregs.

1. Egregiously violate several laws
2. Assault a LEO
3. Suffer the consequences
4. Profit

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Originally posted by arfmel:
1. Egregiously violate several laws
2. Assault a LEO
3. Suffer the consequences
4. Profit

= Travesty

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Originally posted by arfmel:
1. Egregiously violate several laws
2. Assault a LEO
3. Suffer the consequences
4. Profit

After 'burnin' the bitch down' a the cost of additional millions in taxpayer dollars

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Originally posted by Rightwire:

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Originally posted by arfmel:
1. Egregiously violate several laws
2. Assault a LEO
3. Suffer the consequences
4. Profit

After 'burnin' the bitch down' a the cost of additional millions in taxpayer dollars

The city should counter-sue and get the money back.

What a racket!

1.) Have a child in order to receive more money from the government
2.) Neglect the kid - except to tell him he's owed a living by the government
3.) Collect a huge payout when the kid inevitably gets shot while attacking a police officer

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Originally posted by arfmel:
1. Egregiously violate several laws
2. Assault a LEO
3. Suffer the consequences
4. Profit

Welcome to our world. In virtually every single OIS that I know of, the family of the deceased profited. No matter how righteous that shooting is, it is pretty much an absolute that a law suit will be filed and that the plaintiffs will receive some kind of monetary award. I learned that hard, cold fact on my very first day as a Police Officer many years ago.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
It's taxpayer money. The public has a right to know how much they are paying these dregs.

^^^This. The ghetto lottery continues in full swing. Heck, I guess we should feel lucky this even went to trial. Ferguson could have simply followed Baltimore's lead (Freddie Gray case) and paid out millions before anything was even filed. Stupid on steroids once again.

I guarantee you that given the choice of have their little thug back, or $3 million in cash, they would take the cash every time.

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The lawsuit was filed by Mr. Brown’s father, Michael Sr., and his mother, Lesley McSpadden.

So if I want to leave my family a butt load of money all I have to do is attack a police person, get shot and killed and have my family sue the city. Then why wasn't I informed of this years ago, I wasted all that time working my ass off to build up a retirement fund, talk about a wasted life, think of all the mischief I could have got into if I had known that in advance. Whoops I forgot, I'm the wrong race!

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
It's taxpayer money. The public has a right to know how much they are paying these dregs.

That's what I'm thinking. Private parties can keep their settlements quiet but I never heard of a government agency doing this. I'll wait to hear what the SF legal department has to say.

Fucken madness,I long for the 1950 when cops could shoot sorry ass and get metals.
Brave new world folks,glorify thugs and pay the low life families that started sucken gov teat from the seventies.
Thank you l b johnson you sob

So what was the suit? IIRC the officer was never charged criminally. NObamas Justice Dept wasn't able to charge officer with any Civil Rights violations. Evidence and witnesses proofed the deceased was the violator/instigator and attacked the officer. Justice Dept came to an agreement with the city police dept to "clean" up their practices. The Justice Dept never "charged" any one with anything.

Shouldn't the officer, police dept, city, county, state, local business owners, insurance companies of those business owners be the ones suing the deceased estate and so called parents instead of the opposite?

I hope, though there should never have been any pay out, that the lawyers are taking 99% of that money.

Well since innocent little Mikey was about to turn his life and head off to doctor's school, does this mean SMU is going to give him that honorary doctor degree he would have earned?

That was he can join his BFF, little TreyTrey, in the halls of academia.






Any bets on how long it'll be before Daddy-O is arrested for trying to buy blow fo dat partay he be throwin in day hood?

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Originally posted by PD:

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
It's taxpayer money. The public has a right to know how much they are paying these dregs.

That's what I'm thinking. Private parties can keep their settlements quiet but I never heard of a government agency doing this.

If you read the posts, you'll see the insurance is paying (its how they determined its under the $3 million insurance limit). The city and the police officers named didn't pay a cent, the private insurance company picked up the tab. The increase in premiums are too remote to make a direct connection. But good luck arguing your point of view.

OK, other things you can assume is that the family will receive under $2 million with their dirt bag lawyers getting the other million. Other assumptions that are less certain but probably true is that each will receive somewhere under $1 million each. There are new pink Caddy's in their future, along with trips, drugs and other trimmings of a rich life style by those who could never earn it (or want to work that hard.)

i think they just opened themselves to a boatload of lawsuits

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OK, other things you can assume is that the family will receive under $2 million with their dirt bag lawyers getting the other million. Other assumptions that are less certain but probably true is that each will receive somewhere under $1 million each. There are new pink Caddy's in their future, along with trips, drugs and other trimmings of a rich life style by those who could never earn it (or want to work that hard.)

And no more free housing or food stamps.

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Originally posted by rburg:
OK, other things you can assume is that the family will receive under $2 million with their dirt bag lawyers getting the other million. Other assumptions that are less certain but probably true is that each will receive somewhere under $1 million each. There are new pink Caddy's in their future, along with trips, drugs and other trimmings of a rich life style by those who could never earn it (or want to work that hard.)

I assume there is also Federal tax to pay first...