https://splinternews.com/family-of-black-man-killed-by-white-cop-awarded-just-4-1826446883 How much is the life of a man killed in his own garage by police officers worth these days? According to a federal jury in Florida, the answer is $4.
Jurors on May 24 awarded the family of Gregory Vaughn Hill Jr. that amount more than four years after a St. Lucie County Sheriff?s Deputy shot Hill three times through his garage door while responding to a noise complaint filed by Hill?s neighbors.
Perhaps more shocking than the sum itself is just how the jury came to its decision?assigning one dollar to Hill?s mother for funeral expenses, and one dollar to each of Hill?s children for their pain and suffering.
According to the jury form, Hill himself was found 99 percent liable for his own shooting death because he?d been ?under the influence of alcoholic beverages to the extent that his normal faculties were impaired.? The sheriff?s office, meanwhile, was found to be just 1 percent liable, and is therefore only responsible for four cents out of the total awarded sum.
?I think they were trying to insult the case,? Mr. Phillips told the Times. ?Why go there with the $1? That was the hurtful part.?
For Hill?s fianc?, however, the jury?s decision is not the end of the story.
?I?m going to keep fighting until I get some justice,? Davis told the Times. ?That?s the only way I?m going to get peace.?
