George Floyd Family to Receive $27 Million Civil Settlement

The Minneapolis City Council approved on Friday the largest police settlement in the city's history for the family of George Floyd.

The city council will pay $27 million to the family of Floyd, who died after being handcuffed and pinned to the ground by an officer's knee on May 25, 2020.

Of that $27 million settlement, $500,000 will go as a donation to the community around the intersection where he died, 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis.

[caption id="attachment_221285" align="aligncenter" width="1920"] Floyd family attorney Ben Crump speaks as Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey looked on. March 12. DAVID JOLES, STAR TRIBUNE[/caption]

The council approved the settlement following a closed session on Friday.

Family attorney Ben Crump said this is the largest pre-trial settlement in a wrongful civil rights death in US history. The second largest settlement in Minneapolis' history was in 2017, when the family of Justin Rossek Damond received $20 million after their son was murdered by American-Somali police officer Mohamed Noor.

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