A federal judge has sharply reduced the $11.5 million dollar judgment awarded to the mother of Cordale Handy, who was killed by St. Paul police in 2017. U.S. District Judge David Doty called the $10 million in compensatory damages that were part of the jury’s verdict “patently excessive,” and cut the total amount of the award to $4 million.
Following a fatal encounter with St. Paul police in 2017, a federal civil jury awarded Kim Handy-Jones $11.5 million for the killing of her son, Cordale Handy.
A Minneapolis federal jury has awarded the largest payout in city history to the mother of a Black man who was slain by two St. Paul police officers on March 15, 2017. Seven years later, the mayor is still a lil’ salty and believes the officers were justified in the killing.
A federal jury on Monday found St. Paul police officer Nathaniel Younce civilly liable for the fatal shooting of Cordale Handy in 2017. Jurors, in a mixed decision, also determined that a second officer involved in the incident, Mikko Norman, should not be held liable.