Philadelphia to pay $2M to Black woman beaten by officers, separated from toddler during unrest

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The city of Philadelphia will pay $2,000,000 to a Black woman who was pulled from a car, beaten by officers and had her toddler used for social media fodder by the police union, officials say.

Nursing aide Rickia Young was headed home in the early morning hours of Oct. 27, 2020, when she unknowingly drove into a large protest overShe tried to make a three-point turn to get away from the tense scene when officers smashed out her windows with their batons, according to her attorneys.Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney called the treatment of Young"absolutely appalling" and"inexcusable.

"The officers’ inexcusable actions that evening prompted an immediate and thorough investigation of the incident and for personnel to be disciplined and held accountable for their egregious conduct. I hope that the settlement and investigations into the officers’ actions bring some measure of closure to Ms. Young and her family."

"This child was lost during the violent riots in Philadelphia, wandering around barefoot in an area that was experiencing complete lawlessness," the union said on Facebook."The only thing this Philadelphia Police Officer cared about in that moment was protecting this child."Two Philadelphia policemen, an officer and sergeant, have since been fired in connection to the treatment of Young, a city spokesperson said.

 

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Justice

Not enough.

She serves more & set her up in a place far from there. Maybe change of name too, she’ll be a target for not only police but the people who dress up as Buffalo!

SweetPea0763 ..no lotto ticket needed.

She should have got 20 million. I saw that video, those cops lost their fucking minds.

The police DEFUNDING the police. Get it now? How many settlements totalling hundreds of millions of $ across the nation secondary to the violent and deadly actions of white police officers? Go on, I'm sure you're going to tell me where the $ comes from. I'm all ears.

Who needs enemys. We gave crazys wearing badges and guns.

UnRapporteur1 The cops should beg forgiveness and pay for it themselves.

Not enough

That's all... not enough... not nearly enough

hey philly cops come beat me up i got bills to pay

$2M and two police officers dismissed? They got off lightly.

Not enough

Not enough

should get 20m

バカの税金の無駄使い

Philadelphia shouldn't be paying this. The officers should be paying this. EndQualifiedImmunity

good!

what about the cops who did this? Do they pay anything? Or the police union? Seems that, in America, they get away with anything, and it's the city that pays if they get caught, they get away scot free.

Your taxes pay for settlements caused by an abusive police structure

One of the most disgusting cases in recent memory. $2 million was too little compensation, and the union should be paying that fine, not the city.

Its not really justice when taxpayers foot the bill. police must feel consequences.

from the city that booed Santa Claus

I’m confused. In the article it states no one was ever charged or cited but then BEFORE that also says there’s a deep and thorough investigation for the police officers involved? Which one is it?

I remember when this happened. The police behaved like terrorists in this incident then used a child they truamatized as proof of their greatness as law enforcement. This wasn't Keep Running Mississippi. It was Philadelphia.

It's time these settlements come out of police retirement and union accounts.

The FOP pic that was deleted.

Should be that times 10.

The UNION liars need to be prosecuted.

Good for her. This was despicable action by the police.

Not nearly enough.

There getting off light she deserves every penny!

So taxpayers are paying the consequences for the brutality of the police department (AGAIN), which will continue to do whatever TF they want. Cool cool

That money should come from the police union, not taxpayers.

Not near enough

But no police were charged with this crime....

GEORGE FLYOD HATE CRIME BILL WAS RACIALLY AND UNJUSTLY GIVEN TO PALE AMERICAN ASIANS UNDER HATE CRIME BILL WHEN IN ACTUAL TRUTH SOCALLED ( BLACK )AMERICANS ARE THE MOST ATTACKED - MOST ASSAULTED AND THE MOST KILLED DUE TO RACISM NOT PALE ASIANS! CHECK THE CIA- FBI DATA!!

Not enough !!

Should be more.

OMG those officers must be in prison

Cultural appropriation

Ok I’d like to hear the full story. Seems like media overhype to me. 2 sides to every story. I’m not a lemming for NBC or CNN.

ACAB

Cha Ching she made it and now can get BBL and jewelry and spinner rims on her new Escalade

I'm not sure what to say here, I am very sorry this has happened to her . But I would like to ask, what is wrong with the police today?

There are some very serious questions about this situation but Philadelphia is doing risk management here payoff rather than actually get it real judgment

I'm sure more training will do the trick

Jesus! They owe her way more than 2 million dollars!

The police department's shouldn't be trained to vandalizing and beating civilians period!

The pigs will never learn

Should come out of the police pension fund.

Not enough!

'...instead of fighting crime and the fear of crime, some of the officers on the scene created an environment that terrorized RickiaYoung, her family, and other members of the public.' End. Qualified. Immunity.

Police unions knowingly protect bad cops. Here’s the FB post with the child of the woman that police pulled from the car. The child was later tracked down by a family member in a police car with glass in his car seat.

Only $2million?

Broke in less than a year

Should’ve been $32.3 million after taxes.

shomaristone Corruption is expensive.

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