A West Virginia city agrees to settle an excessive force lawsuit filed by the family of a homeless Black man who was shot 22 times by police, an attorney says.
FILE - In this Friday, June 12, 2015, file photo, demonstrators carry signs in Martinsburg, W.Va., as they protest the killing of Winchester, Va., resident Wayne Jones by Martinsburg police on March 13, 2013. The city of Martinsburg has agreed to settle an excessive force lawsuit filed by the family of Jones, a homeless Black man, who was shot 22 times by police.
“I promised my mother before she died that we would continue to fight for justice,” Jones’ brother, Bruce Jones, told the newspaper. “The settlement makes me feel a little bit better, but until I can have a chance to have these cops prosecuted, I am still going to be pushing for justice.”The Martinsburg Police Department said in a statement that the settlement was not an admission of guilt.
The court also referenced the Memorial Day death of George Floyd, a Black man who died in Minneapolis after white police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee to Floyd’s neck for several minutes. That death prompted protests by millions of people around the world
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