The family of Kenneka Jenkins, a Chicago teenager who died in a hotel's walk-in freezer in 2017, has agreed to a $10 million legal settlement. In another case, the mother of a Chicago teenager who suffered a similar fate in 2017 also settled for $10 million. Additionally, the family of Mario Gonzalez, who died in police custody in April 2021, will receive an $11 million settlement from the city of Alameda.
An attorney representing the family of Mario Gonzalez, who died in April 2021 after Alameda police officers restrained him on the ground, called the $11 million settlement the city has agreed to pay his young son “a historic amount.” 🔗 https://t.co/pXQQDBVFSm
The family of Kenneka Jenkins, a Chicago teenager who froze to death after she became locked in the walk-in freezer at a hotel in 2017, has agreed to a $10 million legal settlement. https://t.co/1meD6jywD8
The family of an Alabama inmate who was found dead in his bed files a federal lawsuit alleging that his heart had been removed before the facility returned the body to them. https://t.co/f31t7nyLzg
A prisoner at a lockup in Monterey County died after he was attacked by two other inmates, authorities said Friday. https://t.co/eftOHsQCt5
The mother of a Chicago teenager who was found dead of hypothermia in a hotel’s walk-in freezer in 2017 agreed this week to a $10 million settlement, according to court records. https://t.co/r29gBDQFpX