Texas county reaches $5M settlement with the family of Javier Ambler, a 40-year-old Black man who died during an arrest in 2019 after warning authorities he could not breathe, officials say.
, a 40-year-old Black man who died during an arrest in 2019 after warning authorities he could not breathe, officials have said.Williamson County in Texas said the settlement had been approved by the county's Commissioners Court.
“The County will pay approx. $1.6 million with the remainder paid by the County’s insurance,” it said., following a car chase that began after the 40-year-old failed to dim his headlights for oncoming traffic, according to a police report. Williamson County deputies, who were accompanied by a reality television camera crew during the chase, pursued Ambler for more than 20 minutes in a chase that began in Williamson County and ended in the nearby city of Austin.Facebook
Once they apprehended Ambler, authorities restrained him, tasing the 40-year-old several times, as body camera footage previously released by Austin police and seen by NBC News showed.A wrongful death lawsuit was filed by Ambler's family last year, alleging that sheriff's deputies had launched a reckless pursuit to produce entertaining television for"Live PD.
According to the newspaper, the settlement must be paid out in 14 days, with Ambler's two children to receive $1.5 million each and his parents to receive $1 million each.
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