It looks like Derek Chauvin's not so recently ended reign of terror at the Minneapolis Police Department will cost the City another $9 million, this time to two people who were similarly brutalized by him, but had the good luck not to die:
The Minneapolis City Council approved on Thursday police brutality settlements of $7.5 million and $1.375 million for a teenager and a woman pinned by Derek Chauvin three years before the former officer murdered George Floyd.
The council spent just over two hours in a closed session to discuss the proposed settlements before voting publicly 11-0 in favor of them.
John Pope, 20, and Zoya Code, 40, filed their claims in June 2022 seeking unspecified damages for separate encounters with Chauvin. He has pleaded guilty to violating their civil rights.
Their federal lawsuits faulted not just Chauvin but the culture of the Minneapolis Police Department, saying it "encourages and enables racist, predatory police officers and unconstitutional force practices."
The Minneapolis Police Department is irredeemable. Do what Camden, New Jersey did. Disband the police force, and rebuild it from scratch.
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