Mississippi plaintiff rejects settlement for brother who died after police pulled him out of car
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Bettersten Wade, who sued the city of Jackson, Mississippi, over the death of her brother rejected a settlement after officials publicly disclosed what the city would pay his survivors.
The Jackson City Council on Tuesday approved the payment of $17,786 to settle the lawsuit that relatives of Robinson filed in state court in October 2019, WLBT-TV reported. City documents said the settlement was not an admission of liability by the city or the three officers named in the lawsuit. Robinson was Black, as are the three officers.
The payment to the relatives — including Robinson's sister, Bettersten Wade — was approved on a unanimous vote. Wade's attorney, Dennis Sweet III, released a letter Wednesday saying that the city of Jackson violated a confidentiality agreement that was part of the settlement. Sweet said that because of the public disclosure and because the city "appears to claim or infer some sort of perceived victory," Wade intends to continue suing the city.
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