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Minneapolis Reaches $27 Million Settlement With Family Of George Floyd

Minneapolis will pay a record sum to the family of George Floyd, who sued the city and police officers over his May 2020 death in police custody.
A makeshift memorial in Minneapolis, Minn., honors George Floyd as jury selection begins in the trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin.

The city of Minneapolis has reached a $27 million civil settlement with the family of George Floyd, the Black man whose death in police custody last May sparked a wave of

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