Oakland, CA City Council Approves $1.2 Million-Dollar Settlement to Monkey Church Burglar
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091008/ap_on_re_us/us_suspect_shot_settlementThis [censored] is lucky he didn't get crucified. I sure as hell would have under the circumstances (and made his family watch).
Bonesfan
Oakland to pay suspect shot by officer $1.2M
OAKLAND, Calif. – Oakland will pay $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a burglary suspect who was left a paraplegic after being shot by a police officer.
The Oakland City Council approved the payment to Charles Davis Jr. during a closed session Tuesday night.
Davis was suspected of burglarizing a church in 2007 when he was shot by the Oakland officer. Though Davis was unarmed, the officer said he mistook items that Davis was carrying from the church for a gun.
Rick Simons, Davis' attorney, says the money will be used the help the 49-year-old Davis with the "basic needs" of living as a paraplegic.
The settlement comes after the council voted on Sept. 22 to approve a $1.5 settlement payment to the family of a 20-year-old man shot and killed by an Oakland police officer in 2007.
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Information from: The Oakland Tribune, http://www.oaklandtribune.com