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The East Baton Rouge Metro Council in Louisiana voted on a $4.5 million settlement Wednesday for the family of Alton Sterling, a Black man shot and killed by police in 2016.
The council voted 7-4 in favor of offering the settlement to Sterling's family after they filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and the Baton Rouge Police Department.
On Wednesday, Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome tweeted, "I am pleased our metro council was able to find a consensus and approve an offer of settlement in the Alton Sterling civil case. After nearly five years, the people of Baton Rouge are finally one step closer to getting much needed closure in this traumatic episode in our history."
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