Los Angeles agreed on Thursday to pay $2 million to settle a civil lawsuit over the fatal police shooting of a homeless man in 2015 that went viral in an online video and fueled a U.S. debate on police tactics, a lawyer for the man's family said.
The settlement came shortly after a federal jury in Los Angeles found that two police officers in the civil suit were liable for the death of 43-year-old Charly "Africa" Keunang, said Dan Stormer, a lawyer representing Keunang's family.
"The defense made an offer which we accepted. It was $2 million," Stormer said in telephone interview.
The eight-person jury found that Officer Francisco Martinez had used unreasonable force against Keunang and that his superior, Sergeant Chand Syed, had failed to intervene, Stormer said.
The jury cleared a third officer, Daniel Torres, in the deadly March 2015 incident.
A spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department said it would not comment on a civil lawsuit. A spokeswoman for Mayor Eric Garcetti had no immediate comment.