LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – The Clark County Faculty District Board of Trustees permitted Thursday night time paying out practically $13 million to settle three lawsuits. Nevertheless, a kind of settlements is inflicting backlash.
A million {dollars} was awarded to the households of two college students at Durango Excessive Faculty concerned in an incident with a CCSD police officer.
CCSD to think about settling practically $13 million in lawsuits
The video confirmed the officer taking a scholar to the bottom at Durango Excessive in Feb. of 2023.
The district mentioned that the footage reveals no rights had been violated.
Adam Levine, the final counsel for the Police Officer’s Affiliation of the Clark County Faculty District, informed 8 Information Now they’re disgusted by the settlement.
“To pay this kind of money when nothing wrong was done, absolutely boggles my mind,” Levine mentioned. “The district should be ashamed of itself, and whoever made the decision to do this. Somebody should look at firing them.”
The ACLU of Nevada represented the 2 Durango Excessive Faculty college students within the lawsuit. The group issued a press release Thursday night time.
“CCSD has spent the last two years working to avoid accountability for attacking our clients,” ACLU Authorized Director Chris Peterson mentioned. “We hope tonight’s settlement will help our clients and their families on their way to healing and peace.”
