Minneapolis City Council approves $27 million settlement to George Floyd's estate
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The Minneapolis City Council has unanimously voted to approve a $27 million settlement to George Floyd's estate.
"George Floyd's horrific death, witnessed by millions of people around the world, unleashed a deep longing and undeniable demand for justice and change," Ben Crump, an attorney for Floyd's family said in a statement. "That the largest pre-trial settlement in a wrongful death case ever would be for the life of a Black man sends a powerful message that Black lives do matter and police brutality against people of color must end." This is a developing story.
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