Columbus, Ohio will pay $10 million to the family of Andre Hill, who an officer shot dead last year INSIDER 5/14/2021 horecchio@businessinsider.com (Haven Orecchio-Egresitz) © STEPHEN ZENNER/AFP via Getty Images Attorney Ben Crump raises his fist as he addresses the crowd during a press conference and candlelight vigil for Andre Hill outside the Brentnell Community Recreation Center in Columbus, Ohio on December 26, 2020. STEPHEN ZENNER/AFP via Getty Images
The City of Columbus, Ohio reached a $10 million settlement with the family of Andre Hill.
Hill was shot dead by a police officer in December 2020.
The officer, Adam Coy, has since been fired and indicted for Hill s murder.
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Rahsaan Thomas, photographed by Antwan Williams. Courtesy of Ear Hustle.
For Rahsaan “New York” Thomas, success came later in life and at a cost. After being incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison in California, Thomas began to work with organizations and initiatives using creative forces to combat mass incarceration and shift attitudes about prisoners from the inside.
He is now the co-host of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated podcast “Ear Hustle,” co-founder of Prison Renaissance (which connects prisoners to people outside), contributor to multiple national news outlets, and staff writer at the
San Quentin News. He has written about the devastating impact of the coronavirus on prisoners and the prison system for Insider, the Prison Journalism Project, Current, and more.