Eric Garner's wife doesn't take $5 million settlement

[unit321]

A $5 million settlement won’t satisfy the heartbroken family of Eric Garner.

A source familiar with ongoing negotiations between Controller Scott Stringer and the family of the Staten Island man killed by an NYPD cop say that his widow, Esaw Garner, turned down the hefty offer last week.

The source said the Garner family’s attorney, Jonathan Moore, is urging the family to accept the $5 million and then seek more money through a separate lawsuit against EMTs from Richmond University Medical Center..
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Other high-profile cases involving death at the hands of NYPD cops were settled in three years at the least.

The family of Anthony Baez agreed to a $3 million settlement in 1998. Baez died of asphyxiation shortly after a rogue cop, Francis Livoti, put him in a chokehold. The confrontation was the result of an errant football striking a police cruiser during a football game in 1994.

The family of Amadou Diallo agreed to $3 million from the city in 2004. The unarmed immigrant died in a barrage of 41 police bullets in the Bronx after cops mistook his wallet for a gun in 1999.

The heirs of Sean Bell won $3.25 million in 2010. The man was celebrating his bachelor party when he was shot in a hail of over 50 NYPD bullets in 2006. One of Bell’s friends who was wounded in the shooting settled for $3 million. Another pal who was shot got $900,000.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/er...ar5m-offer-source/ar-AAcUfuj?ocid=mailsignout

 

[Benny Blanco]

Good. Them cops need to be in jail. A 5 million dollar settlement is nothing more than an insult to injury. How did this even get this bad? Smh.

 

[Mr. Somebody]

5 million tax payer dollars isn't worth a life. The people who have to pay aren't paying. Good for them for having integrity.

 

[Tenchi Ryu]

That's some serious moral integrity...lot of people wouldn't turn that down.

 

[big bun]

to the family...$5 million ain't shyt when it comes to the loss of a family member.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Man that cop needs to be in prison. This is a evil ass country man

 

[Kal El]

5 million ain't gonna bring his life back. But turning down 5 million ain't gonna bring him back either.

Take the money and put it to good use

 

[Crown Bearer]

They're trying to lowball her with that bullshyt offer

She's looking for 75 mil and I hope she gets every penny

 

[Rapmastermind]

LOL, Taxes going to eat that sh!t. Good for them, take the city to the cleaners. This is a 15-20 Mil suit easy as far as settlement but they can get more than that. A message needs to be sent. 5 Million doesn't send any message and is an easy out for the unlawful murder of Eric Gardner. Also they would not release the grand jury reports cause they know that sh!t was unlawful.

 

[unit321]

Hmm, on the surface, it looks like her attorney has been working for her in her favor. But with the statement about her attorney recommending that she take the $5 million and they'll be able to pursue the EMTs for more money, it then sounds like her attorney wants his cut of the cash settlement now.

 

[Kal El]

LOL, Taxes going to eat that sh!t. Good for them, take the city to the cleaners. This is a 15-20 Mil suit easy as far as settlement but they can get more than that. A message needs to be sent. 5 Million doesn't send any message and is an easy out for the unlawful murder of Eric Gardner. Also they would not release the grand jury reports cause they know that sh!t was unlawful.

Where you getting 15-20 mil from?

The article mentioned similar cases that were settled for 3 mil. You can't put a price on a person's life, but compared to other cases 5 mil sounds like a good deal

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

Hmm, on the surface, it looks like her attorney has been working for her in her favor. But with the statement about her attorney recommending that she take the $5 million and they'll be able to pursue the EMTs for more money, it then sounds like her attorney wants his cut of the cash settlement now.

U know they ain't pay him yet can you blame him?

 

[the cac mamba]

while as much as id love to see her get a huge settlement (that still isnt gonna bring him back)...the fact that this shyt is mostly taxpayers dollars is disgusting

that fakkit should be in jail, and this shyt needs to come from the police union, pensions, something. not fukkin teachers and garbagemen and cashiers' tax dollars

do these pigs even feel these settlements in the least bit? and if they do someone school me because thats not the impression i get

 

[unit321]

U know they ain't pay him yet can you blame him?

Well, he's probably salaried, considering he's a lawyer, but he's drooling over that 33 1/3 percent fee which probably has a big bonus in it for him. When she rejected that, he was like "WTF".

 

[Arithmetic]

i knew the garner family was bout it