Insurer to pay $8M to Black man paralyzed by Iowa officer
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An insurer for the City of Cedar Rapids will pay $8 million to a Black motorist who was paralyzed after a white police officer shot him during a 2016 traffic stop, the city announced Monday. The payout will settle a long-running lawsuit brought by Jerime Mitchell, 42, over that had sparked protests and exposed tensions between Black residents and authorities in Iowa’s second largest city. The resolution cancels a trial that had been scheduled to begin Tuesday, as the nation awaits in the trial of a former Minneapolis ...
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