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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Julie Watson

San Diego officials approve $30M settlement for family of teen killed by police

Police Killing Settlement - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

The San Diego City Council on Tuesday approved a $30 million payment to the family of a 16-year-old youth killed by police in one of the largest such settlements in the U.S.

The settlement exceeds the $27 million the city of Minneapolis agreed to pay the family of George Floyd, whose May 2020 murder by a police officer who knelt on his neck sparked a nationwide racial reckoning.

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