Aurora, Colorado, has agreed to pay $15 million to the family of Elijah McClain to settle a civil rights lawsuit over his 2019 death at the hands of police
The settlement was first announced in October but was finalized after a mediation hearing with McClain's family members in US District Court on Friday. The multi-million-dollar payout is the latest in a series of high-profile police misconduct settlements in which cities have paid millions of dollars to surviving family members. Elijah McClain died after a police encounter almost one year ago.
Grand jury indicts police officers and paramedics in 2019 death of Elijah McClainAttorneys for Sheneen McClain confirmed the $15 million figure to CNN and issued a statement:"No amount of money will ever bring Elijah back to his mother. Ms. McClain would return every cent for just one more day with her son. There will be an allocation hearing in the near future to determine the distribution of the settlement between Ms.
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