BOSTON (AP) — The city of Boston will pay about $4.6 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the police killing of a mentally ill man in 2016.
The city of Boston has reached an agreement in principle to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the mother of a Black man who was shot to death by Boston police officers in 2016, according to a Monday filing.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man was charged with multiple felonies last week in connection to a shooting in Buffalo’s Kensington neighborhood in December 2023, the Buffalo Police Department announced Monday. Terrence Coleman, 37, was arrested Thursday and charged with felony attempted murder, assault and criminal contempt as well additional misdemeanors related to the alleged […]
Mayor Michelle Wu’s administration and its 14 attorneys are ganging up on the mother of Terrence Coleman, a mentally ill Black man who was fatally shot by a Boston police officer in 2016.
After a day-long hearing in US District Court, Judge Mark L. Wolf said he would take a motion for a default judgment against the city for the shooting death of 31-year-old Terrence Coleman under advisement.
The judge chastised attorneys representing the city for repeated delays in providing documents related to the shooting of Terrence Coleman, and questioned the amount of money the city is spending on its legal defense.
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The police killed Bangladeshi-origin Arif Sayed Faisal, who was having a mental health crisis, in January. Six months on, a movement has gathered force.