Settlement for about 2.1 billion yen for a black male bereaved family shot dead by a U.S. police officer September 29, 14:25
In Maryland, eastern United States, police officials have agreed to settle a settlement by paying the bereaved family more than 2.1 billion yen over the death of a black man shot by a police officer. Announced.
Police officers who fired have been charged with second-class murder and are scheduled for trial next year.
In January, in Prince Georges County, Maryland, a black man, William Green, who was sitting handcuffed in the passenger seat of a police vehicle, fired at a black police officer sitting in the driver's seat. He was shot and died.
A county official in charge of the police held a meeting on the 28th and announced that they had agreed to pay the bereaved family $ 20 million and about 2.1 billion yen in Japanese yen to settle the matter. I accept that, "he apologized.
Meanwhile, Mr. Green's cousin, a woman, said at a press conference, "The settlement does not eliminate sadness, but it was necessary to overcome it."
The police officer who fired at Mr. Green has been accused of second-class murder, which applies to unplanned murder, and is scheduled for trial next March.
The U.S. media said the settlement was the largest settlement for a death case involving police officers, and that the settlement was high as protests against racism increased in the United States. I am reporting.