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Statements of Mayor Bowser and Attorney General Racine on Settlement Ending Terrence Sterling Lawsuit

Date Released:

Wed, 02/21/2018

(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and Attorney General Karl A. Racine issued the statements below regarding a $3.5 million settlement agreement the District reached with the family of the late Terrence Sterling.The agreement resolves a lawsuit filed by the family against the District in the wake of Mr. Sterling’s 2016 shooting death at the hands of a Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officer.

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