The Minneapolis City Council has approved a $200,000 settlement for the family of a black man who was killed by police in 2015.
Jamar Clark’s death during a struggle with two white officers led to weeks of protests outside a nearby police station in North Minneapolis. Prosecutors declined to seek criminal charges and the department did not discipline the officers.
The council previously rejected an unspecified five-figure settlement because it was too low. That vote came the same day the group approved a $20 million settlement with the family of Justine Ruszczyk Damond, a white, Australian-born woman who was fatally shot by a black police officer in Southwest Minneapolis in 2017. The officer, Mohammed Noor, was convicted on two counts and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Council members declined to comment after Friday’s 15-minute meeting.
