The family of Lashawn Thompson, who died in September while incarcerated at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, has reached a $4 million settlement with the county, said the chief of staff for Fulton County Commissioner Dana Barrett.
The agreement was reached Wednesday in a closed-door executive session with the commissioners, Thompson said in an email to CNN, adding he could not release details of the settlement. County commissioners approved the settlement with a 6-0 vote, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
Thompson was in custody on a misdemeanor assault charge and was housed in the psychiatric wing of the jail because of his mental health issues, Harper has previously said. He had been in custody for just three months when he died in September 2022. The Fulton County medical examiner’s office listed Thompson’s manner and cause of death as undetermined, according to a document sent to CNN earlier this year.
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