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| Freddie Gray's family settles with city for $6.4M | |
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| Guest | Sep 8 2015, 10:38 AM Post #1 |
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Freddie Gray's family settles with city for $6.4M BALTIMORE (AP) — The city of Baltimore says it has reached a $6.4 million wrongful death settlement with the family of Freddie Gray. Gray died in April after he suffered a critical spine injury while he was in police custody. Six Baltimore police officers face criminal charges stemming from Gray's death. Gray, who was black, was critically injured April 12 in the back of a prisoner transport van after he was arrested. The death of the 25-year-old Gray sparked protests, rioting and unrest that shook Baltimore for days. The settlement still needs the approval of a board that oversees city spending. They meet Wednesday. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/freddie-grays-family-settles-with-city-for-dollar64m/ar-AAe45sk |
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| Tybee | Sep 8 2015, 10:45 AM Post #2 |
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$2.5 million (or more if the lawyers are crafty enough) will go to the lawyers. Another $2+ million will go for taxes. The family will most likely start spending what little they end up with like fiends. A year from now they'll be broke. Sorry to say, but more often than not, that's how these settlements end up.
Edited by Tybee, Sep 8 2015, 10:46 AM.
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| Guest | Sep 8 2015, 11:16 AM Post #3 |
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Indeed. I'm sorry that their son/relative died; but the rioting, burning, and looting was completely uncalled for. |
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| Guest | Sep 9 2015, 07:42 PM Post #4 |
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Here's a picture of Freddie Gray's family as they heard the news in court that they would be getting lots of money.![]() Those women are nodding on opiates. Image Size Reduced Edited by Tybee, Sep 9 2015, 07:49 PM.
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| Tybee | Sep 9 2015, 07:51 PM Post #5 |
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OK, is that a man or a woman in the middle, with all that hair? If it's a woman I hope she'll use some of the money for a makeover because she's one rough looking customer.
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| Guest | Sep 9 2015, 08:03 PM Post #6 |
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That's a woman. She is nodding on heroin. |
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| Tybee | Sep 9 2015, 08:17 PM Post #7 |
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That's a face that would blister a brick! |
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| Guest | Sep 9 2015, 08:22 PM Post #8 |
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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/freddie-gray-settlement-obscene-police-union-chief-says/ar-AAe6Tjs Freddie Gray settlement 'obscene,' police union chief says A $6.4 million settlement for the family of Freddie Gray was formally approved Wednesday by a Baltimore financial board despite complaints from the police union president that the deal was "obscene." Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and the other four members of the city's Board of Estimates unanimously approved the deal, which covers the city, police department and the officers included in wrongful death claims brought by Gray's family. Rawlings-Blake stressed that the settlement was in no way related to criminal proceedings involving the six police officers charged in connection with Gray's death. "The purpose of the civil settlement is to bring an important measure of closure to the Gray family, to the community and to the city," Rawlings-Blake said after the vote. "And and to avoid years and years of protracted civil litigation." Billy Murphy, lawyer for the Gray family, said the settlement "represents civil justice" and will have a calming impact on the city. He expressed gratitude on behalf of the family for the city's push to equip all officers with body cameras. Rawlings-Blake said a pilot program will start soon in Gray's neighborhood. "I thank you and your colleagues for your leadership in making sure Freddie Gray did not die in vain," Murphy said. Gray, 25, was critically injured during or immediately after his April arrest and died one week later. The city exploded in violence, and protests were held in cities across the nation. The tragedy was one in a series of cases nationwide involving the death of black men at the hands of police. New York City agreed in July to a $5.9 million settlement with the family of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who died in a confrontation with police. That deal was struck months after a grand jury in Staten Island declined to indict any officers in Garner's death. Announcement of the Baltimore deal Tuesday had brought an angry response from Fraternal Order of Police president Gene Ryan, who urged the Board of Estimates to reject it. He said the settlement would damage efforts to return to "pre-riot normalcy" – and the relationship between the city and its police officers. “To suggest that there is any reason to settle prior to the adjudication of the pending criminal cases is obscene,” Ryan said. Rawlings-Blake said Wednesday that she was "baffled" by Ryan's statements. "All this settlement does is remove civil liability from the six officers," she said. "It ensures that the end of the criminal trial is the end (of litigation) for those officers. ... There will be closure." She said that, if she were Ryan, she would be thankful for the deal. She added that each officer has the right to opt out of the settlement and take their chances in civil court. David Harris, a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh, told the Associated Pres that lawyers for the officers will almost certainly raise the settlement issue in seeking to move the trials out of Baltimore. "They tell us it’s by no way an admission of fault by the police officers,” Harris told AP. “If I was an attorney for a defendant I’d be revising my (venue) motion right now to say the settlement was made to persuade the jury pool that the officers did something wrong.” Police said the confrontation with Gray began April 12 in a high-crime area of the city after he and another man spotted officers and started running away. Gray, arrested after being pursued on foot, was handcuffed and restrained inside a police vehicle. He suffered a severe spinal injury and died a week later. An autopsy report revealed Gray died of a "high-energy injury" that likely happened when the police van suddenly slowed down. Gray's death and investigations that followed ultimately led to the firing of Police Commissioner Anthony Batts. “I want to extend my most sincere condolences to the family of Freddie Gray,” Rawlings-Blake said. “I hope that this settlement will bring some measure of closure to his family and his friends.” |
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| Tybee | Sep 9 2015, 08:29 PM Post #9 |
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“I hope that this settlement will bring some measure of closure to his family and his friends. And also bring much new business to Cadillac dealers all over the Baltimore metro area”. There, fixed that for them. Edited by Tybee, Sep 9 2015, 08:30 PM.
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| Guest | Sep 9 2015, 09:46 PM Post #10 |
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Plus Al Sharpton gets his "appearance fees". Yes, why not turn it over to the taxpayers to pay? |
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| Tybee | Sep 9 2015, 10:16 PM Post #11 |
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If Sharpton gets his mits on that family they'll never see a dime. |
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| Guest | Sep 9 2015, 10:25 PM Post #12 |
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is that type of settlement taxable? |
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| Tybee | Sep 9 2015, 10:37 PM Post #13 |
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Absolutely. But some times an agreement is reached for the entity paying the settlement to pay the taxes,which I seriously doubt will happen in this case. Edited by Tybee, Sep 9 2015, 10:39 PM.
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| sassym11 | Sep 9 2015, 11:28 PM Post #14 |
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When I saw one of the cops put his knee on Freddie's Thoracic spine, near his neck, and heard Freddie's blood-curdling screams (IMO) I knew he was done for. Those screams with his inability to ambulate when they tried to stand him up and take him over to the police truck made me realize that he was badly injured. I found out later that he was thrown all about the truck while they were driving to their next location. I may be wrong, but the police people removed the video that showed the policeman with his knee on Freddie's Thoracic spine; I haven't seen it since the day it happened. I'm v.v.v happy the family got a settlement, but Freddie is still dead. You're right about their spending habits. These people are probably not well off and without financial counseling the money is as good as gone. Black lives DO NOT matter...especially to the policeman who sees the worst in all of us. That is not something I realized until I saw so many blacks killed on Cable these past 6 months. Oh well, sad times all 'round. sass |
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| Tybee | Sep 10 2015, 12:35 AM Post #15 |
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They deserve every cent they'll get. The sad thing is there isn't some sort of law that allows the money to be put in a trust account and doled out to them by an independent party assigned by the court so they won't blow it all. But, I guess they have as much right to be stupid with money as anyone else does. |
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| Guest | Sep 10 2015, 09:35 AM Post #16 |
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The other prisoner in the van said near the end of their ride that Freddie was flailing himself against the walls, trying to hurt himself (possibly in a last-ditch attempt to get a reduced sentence, or maybe one of those coveted police brutality $check$). I think he was doing this when the van maybe made a sharp turn and he flippety-flopped like a rag doll, injuring himself, ultimately fatally. |
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| Tybee | Sep 10 2015, 10:27 AM Post #17 |
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I find it amazing that when they load people up in those vans they don't bother to restrain them in some way. I guess they don't provide seat belts in the paddy wagon? |
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| Tybee | Sep 10 2015, 11:24 AM Post #18 |
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If this family has one iota of smarts, once they get that money they'll get the hell out of Baltimore and as far away from their friends and extended family as they can get. They're going to get hit up from everyone they know for money. People are going to start showing up from all over trying to get a slice of that pie. |
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| Guest | Sep 10 2015, 12:36 PM Post #19 |
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Yes people will show up from all over to get some of that money. But since two of those women are into heroin or opiates they will probably spend a lot of it on dope and crack rocks. :-\ |
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| Guest | Sep 12 2015, 06:03 PM Post #20 |
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That 'Family' has this mentality in this song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtxmnBQmfZs |
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| Guest | Sep 21 2015, 03:01 PM Post #21 |
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Yes, every relative, ex, neighbor, or person in their lives is going to want some of that cash. The first thing out of those women's mouths was, "Give me all the rock, and H you can front us!!!" to their dealers |
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| Roctopus | Sep 22 2015, 05:38 AM Post #22 |
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That's true and it'll be gone fast. |
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OK, is that a man or a woman in the middle, with all that hair? If it's a woman I hope she'll use some of the money for a makeover because she's one rough looking customer.
3:24 AM Jul 11