They're doing this before the criminal trial because they know the cops are going to be cleared, after which the family will have no reasonable claim against the city.
I assume the council thinks this $27 million will serve as an appeasement to thwart the riots following the not-guilty verdict. They are, once again, sadly mistaken.
Honestly they should have put that $27m into beefing up the police force in anticipation of the post-trial riots. The Floyd family doesn't deserve a dime, especially not from the taxpayers who's lives are being turned upside down by Floyd's misguided loyalists.
They're doing this before the criminal trial because they know the cops are going to be cleared, after which the family will have no reasonable claim against the city.
I assume the council thinks this $27 million will serve as an appeasement to thwart the riots following the not-guilty verdict. They are, once again, sadly mistaken.
Honestly they should have put that $27m into beefing up the police force in anticipation of the post-trial riots. The Floyd family doesn't deserve a dime, especially not from the taxpayers who's lives are being turned upside down by Floyd's misguided loyalists.