Ferguson to pay $3M for naked, unarmed man's stun gun death

Monday, February 6, 2017

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The city of Ferguson, Missouri, dropped its appeal of a federal jury's $3 million award to survivors of a naked, unarmed, black man who died after a police officer repeatedly shocked him with a stun gun and will pay the money, court filings show.

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