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December 31, 2019

Michigan State Police Settle with Family of Teen Who Died After Being Tased
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The family of a teenager who died in 2017 after a Michigan state trooper
stunned him with a Taser has reached a $12 million settlement with the
Michigan State Police. Fifteen-year-old Damon Grimes was riding an ATV
in a residential area of Detroit, when a police officer tased him for
not pulling over fast enough. The teen then crashed into the back of a
parked truck and died quickly after. This is the Michigan State Police
Department's largest-ever settlement for a single incident. A lawyer for
the Grimes family said, "We hope this kind of money will act as a
deterrent, but unfortunately it rarely does."


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