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NYC Settles Police Shooting Lawsuit for $7 Million

Jul 28th 2010 – 9:33AM
Family Photo via The Daily News / AP

Family Photo via The Daily News / AP

NEW YORK (July 28) -- The city of New York has agreed to pay more than $7 million to settle a civil lawsuit stemming from the fatal 50-bullet police shooting of an unarmed man on his wedding day. The settlement filed in Brooklyn federal court on Tuesday pays $3.25 million to the estate of Sean Bell, who was killed in 2006...

Man Framed by NY 'Mafia Cop' Gets $9.9 Million

By Mara GayJun 4th 2010 – 11:36AM
Hiroko Masuike, AP

Hiroko Masuike, AP

(June 4) -- A man framed for murder by an infamously corrupt detective who moonlighted as a mob hitman will get $9.9 million from New York City, the largest civil rights settlement in city history. Barry Gibbs, 61, served almost two decades in prison after former "Mafia cop" Louis Eppolito coerced witnesses and...

Background on Barry Gibbs

Barry "Gibby" Gibbs (born September 28, 1948 in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan) is a former professional ice hockey defenceman.

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