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Cedar Rapids paid $619K to defend officer in shooting case


By RYAN J. FOLEY
Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Cedar Rapids paid $619,000 to defend a white police officer against an excessive force lawsuit brought by a Black man he shot and paralyzed, before Iowa s second-largest city reached a landmark $8 million settlement with the man, a city spokeswoman said.
The previously undisclosed legal costs add to the sizeable payout stemming from the 2016 shooting of Jerime Mitchell by then-police officer Lucas Jones during a traffic stop. The city budget will cover the first $500,000 before insurance kicks in, an amount nearly twice as much as Cedar Rapids will save this year by closing a golf course and 20 times as much as it will spend on a new board to review complaints against officers. ....

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Cedar Rapids paid $619K to defend officer in shooting case


Cedar Rapids paid $619K to defend officer in shooting case
RYAN J. FOLEY, Associated Press
May 6, 2021
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1of3FILE - In this June 6, 2020, file photo, Jerime Mitchell speaks to the crowd as his wife Bracken holds the microphone during a protest against police brutality at Greene Square in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Cedar Rapids paid $619,000 to defend a white police officer against an excessive force lawsuit brought by Mitchell who he shot and paralyzed before the reaching a landmark $8 million settlement. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette via AP)Jim Slosiarek/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2017, file photo, then- Cedar Rapids police officer Lucas Jones is seen in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Cedar Rapids paid $619,000 to defend Jones against an excessive force lawsuit brought by a Black man he shot and paralyzed before the reaching a landmark $8 million settlement. The previously unaccounted legal costs add another expense for t ....

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