Civil Plaintiff
New Orleans Settles a Police Shooting Lawsuit for $2.2 Million
More than a decade after it was filed, the city of New Orleans has quietly paid more than $2 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the heirs of a man shot by plainclothes New Orleans police officers.
The shooting of Adolph Grimes III in 2009 was one of the most controversial in the years between Hurricane Katrina and a 2012 reform agreement with the federal government. While former New Orleans Police Superintendent Warren Riley said Grimes died in a “gun battle,” his family called for officers to be charged after the coroner reported that Grimes had been shot 12 times in the back.
