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City accepts settlement in excessive force lawsuit

lawsuit-settlementOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha City Council has accepted a lawsuit settlement that the people who filed the lawsuit want out of.

Members of the Johnson family changed their minds about settling the lawsuit alleging excessive force by police officers and on May 3 asked the Omaha City Council to vote against the deal. Sharee Johnson said she and the others didn’t realize their oral agreement was binding. She said the family wants its day in court.

The agreement calls for the city to pay $6,000 to each of the five family members who filed the lawsuit and to pay up to $60,000 toward their attorney fees.

The council delayed the decision until Tuesday and then voted 7-0 to approve it.

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