U.S. police officer shoots dead black woman and agrees to settle with bereaved family for more than 1.2 billion yen September 16 11:33
In a civil trial in Kentucky, southern United States, where a black woman was shot dead by a police officer and was filed against the police by a bereaved family, the local mayor gave the bereaved family more than 1.2 billion yen in Japanese yen. Announced that it has agreed to settle the payment.
Women's bereaved families, on the other hand, have indicated that they will continue to seek criminal liability for police officers while responding to the settlement.
In March, in Louisville, Kentucky, a black woman, paramedic Briana Taylor, died after being shot multiple times by a police officer who stepped in a drug investigation while sleeping with a friend at home. did.
Taylor's bereaved family has filed a civil trial asking the police to admit that the investigation was fraudulent, saying that the two were already detained at the time, regardless of the case. ..
On the 15th, the local mayor, Fisher, announced at a press conference that he had agreed to settle the bereaved family by paying $ 12 million and about JPY 1.26 billion in Japanese yen.
"This is just the beginning to win perfect justice," said Taylor's mother, who said she would accept the settlement while continuing to demand criminal liability for police officers on the scene.
In order to protest racial discrimination, tennis player Naomi Osaka wore a mask with Taylor's name on it in the first match of the US Open, which attracted a lot of attention.