Colorado family awarded $19 million in police shooting settlement.
TL;DR
The family of Christian Glass, a Colorado man shot to death by police during a mental health crisis, will receive a record $19 million settlement from law enforcement, along with a series of training changes among the law enforcement agencies involved. The settlement is the largest ever in Colorado. The officer who shot Glass and his supervisor are being criminally prosecuted. The responding police agencies have also been criticized because none of the other officers tried to stop the shooting.
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