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Wednesday 15 July 2015

New York City has settled with the family of Eric Garner for $5.9m

New York City has reached a settlement with the family of Eric Garner, who died after being put in a choke-hold by police last July, agreeing to pay $5.9 million to resolve the claim over his death. The family had filed a $75million lawsuit against the city but accepted a pretrial settlement on Monday.

His death sparked protests around the country by people outraged over police treatment of African Americans. Cell phone video of the fatal encounter showed Garner saying 'I can't breath' 11 times while being held on the ground by an NYPD officer in a chokehold. He was being apprehended for allegedly illegally selling cigarettes when he died. The family say the settlement is not victory!



at 7/15/2015 08:13:00 am

41 comments:

  1. CELEB15 July 2015 at 08:16

    Rip to the deceased. No matter how much, it can never equate to human life

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  2. AC£S15 July 2015 at 08:17

    Over cigarette?

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  3. Unknown15 July 2015 at 08:18

    RIP to d man.. well I fink dey shdnt ave settled outof court! Buh den!


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  4. AC£S15 July 2015 at 08:18

    Over cigarette?!!!

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    1. Anonymous15 July 2015 at 19:46

      The settlement is not victory but they took it?

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  5. Anonymous15 July 2015 at 08:18

    HMMMMM, SPEECHLESS...TOMJERRYSWIT

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  6. Unknown15 July 2015 at 08:19

    The settlement is definitely not victory, how much can you buy life.

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  7. Unknown15 July 2015 at 08:19

    May his soul rest in peace..amen


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  8. Anonymous15 July 2015 at 08:20

    Nice one. #Tmurphy

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  9. Unknown15 July 2015 at 08:23

    Oh! Arrested for allegedly illegally selling cigarettes when high crime lik homosexuals tak place regularly in America.

    Indeed d settlement is not victory, and RIP to him.

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  10. Hot Naija Parties15 July 2015 at 08:25

    Yep the settlement will not bring victory! Money will not raise back the dead. Quite sad... :(

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  11. Mihearty15 July 2015 at 08:26

    No amount is worth human life. But at all at all na witch

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  12. Mzz_Mary15 July 2015 at 08:28

    They should collect notin less than 57million joor

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  13. Anonymous15 July 2015 at 08:28

    I beg d family should ask for more; if na black kill white, dey no go settle for cash na death penalty

    Fibonnachi

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  14. Anonymous15 July 2015 at 08:29

    Bloody racist

    Fibonacchi Omoh

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  15. Unknown15 July 2015 at 08:33

    May God rest his soul....

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  16. Amaka.u.l15 July 2015 at 08:43

    Chai,rip

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  17. Unknown15 July 2015 at 08:54

    So painful...dis whites are just looking for ways to kill blacks.

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    1. Juleslouis15 July 2015 at 11:52

      This is so wrong! Even d settlement is still menial!

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  18. yang Mrs15 July 2015 at 08:59

    y dis useless discrimination? dis whites are getting on my knees

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  19. Unknown15 July 2015 at 09:03

    I wouldn't ve allowed dem accept it if I was a member of their family, d whites are really going all out on African Americans and d earlier ppl start to pay for it d better but d money make sense sha. Dave

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  20. Unknown15 July 2015 at 09:04

    Good one, at least dey got something. May his soul continue to rest in peace. Linda take note!

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  21. Unknown15 July 2015 at 09:04

    Good one, at least dey got something. May his soul continue to rest in peace. Linda take note!

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  22. Unknown15 July 2015 at 09:05

    a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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    May his soul RIP.....
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    ***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

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  23. Unknown15 July 2015 at 09:08

    And they wouldn't treat a white man same way..

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  24. Unknown15 July 2015 at 09:11

    still wont bring back the dead, and doesn't justify what the murderers/police did.....

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  25. yawanow15 July 2015 at 09:17

    5.9m is way too small. They can do better than that.

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  26. ary15 July 2015 at 09:17

    Still not enough to cover their loss!!! But at least they accepted their wrong doing

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  27. Anonymous15 July 2015 at 09:17

    They shouldn't have settled so low.

    At least 20mn!

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  28. Unknown15 July 2015 at 09:25

    $5.9M won't bring him back to life....it's a pity the way the blacks are been treated in US...

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  29. Diary of a Naija mom15 July 2015 at 09:25

    Police cruelty everywhere...RIP man.


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  30. Diary of a Naija mom15 July 2015 at 09:25

    Police cruelty everywhere...RIP man.


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  31. Manuel Kunmi15 July 2015 at 09:27

    Hmmmmn

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  32. Unknown15 July 2015 at 09:32

    Eya!

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  33. Unknown15 July 2015 at 09:32

    Again, while na,

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  34. Unknown15 July 2015 at 09:34

    See his fine eyes

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  35. Anonymous15 July 2015 at 09:43

    Money cannot buy back a life. What was shown on the news about this man's passing could have been avoided. God is wonderful. Hopefully, Mr Brown will get the ultimate gift of going to heaven where there is no pain. Amen.

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  36. Bad_girl_riri 4 life15 July 2015 at 09:50

    Instead of obama shud focus on d discrimination blacks are facing in america..he is forcing homosexuality on africa countries..African americans are soo dumb I swear, Martin luther's dream hasn't come 2 pass yet cuz obama is jst wastin his time..Dis assault of police on blacks skyrocketted under obama's tenure and he is doin nutin abt it..wat a shame..

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  37. Anonymous15 July 2015 at 10:02

    our police dey learn in terms of wickedness for where US police dey

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  38. Anonymous15 July 2015 at 10:18

    What is wrong with white police men.... Can't black rest again?

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  39. Nky15 July 2015 at 11:00

    no amount of money can bring him back, so sad. may his soul rest in peace. amen

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