Philadelphia settles wrongful death suit from Walter Wallace Jr.'s family and enacts reform
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Philadelphia has settled a wrongful death lawsuit between the city and the family of Walter Wallace Jr., according to family attorney Shaka Johnson. As a part of the settlement, the family of Wallace Jr. will receive an undisclosed amount of money.
The city has also committed to spending $14 million to equip each police officer with a Taser, a reform the family has pushed for since Wallace Jr.'s death.
"Those terms were never their primary objective in their calls for justice after Walter's death," Johnson said Thursday, announcing the settlement. "Rather they have been focused on establishing the lasting change to the city that they are confident will save lives through the agreement and injunctive relief."
Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.