While the number of police misconduct lawsuits settling is declining, the amount paid out—$121 million in 2022—is on the rise, according to figures supplied by the Legal Aid Society.
February 02, 2023 at 03:15 PM
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New York City in 2022 paid out $121 million in settlements relating to police misconduct—the highest amount paid in the last five years, according to data released by the Legal Aid Society.
While the number of police misconduct lawsuits settling is declining, the amount paid out is on the rise, according to those figures.
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A police officer crosses the street near the Brooklyn Bridge, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The New York City police department reached a legal settlement that requires it to abandon a practice in which officers use prolonged street stops to check for arrest warrants and ties to other cases, a tactic critics denounced as “digital stop and frisk.” Photo: Julia Nikhinson/AP
