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| Freddie Gray family to receive $6.4m from Baltimore authorities in civil claim | Freddie Gray family to receive $6.4m from Baltimore authorities in civil claim |
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| The family of Freddie Gray, the young man whose death earlier this year in Baltimore sparked protests and outcry, is reportedly to receive $6.4m. | The family of Freddie Gray, the young man whose death earlier this year in Baltimore sparked protests and outcry, is reportedly to receive $6.4m. |
| The Baltimore Sun said the Baltimore city authorities planed to pay the amount as a settlement for civil claims in his death. | The Baltimore Sun said the Baltimore city authorities planed to pay the amount as a settlement for civil claims in his death. |
| The settlement — which is expected to be approved at Wednesday's meeting of the city's spending panel — will be paid out over two years, according to the mayor's office. | The settlement — which is expected to be approved at Wednesday's meeting of the city's spending panel — will be paid out over two years, according to the mayor's office. |
| The five-member board is controlled by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. The payment is larger than the total the more than 120 other lawsuits brought against the police department for alleged brutality and misconduct since 2011, the newspaper said. | |
| "The proposed settlement agreement going before the Board of Estimates should not be interpreted as a judgment on the guilt or innocence of the officers facing trial," the mayor said in a statement. | |
| The 25-year-old Mr Gray died in April, ten days after being detained by officers and hauled into a police van. A post-mortem inquiry concluded in June he had died from a “high-energy injury”, most likely caused when the police van into which he had been bundled suddenly braked. | The 25-year-old Mr Gray died in April, ten days after being detained by officers and hauled into a police van. A post-mortem inquiry concluded in June he had died from a “high-energy injury”, most likely caused when the police van into which he had been bundled suddenly braked. |
| Six officers have been charged over his death, one of them with murder. Last week, a judge ruled that all six should stand trial separately. | Six officers have been charged over his death, one of them with murder. Last week, a judge ruled that all six should stand trial separately. |