The problem with that is the impact it has on all the other officers in Ferguson, plus any officer or candidate who may want to come work in Ferguson.
It’s in the Ferguson PD’s interest to be generous. Very generous. It may be the only thing that keeps their department from imploding.
This is a suburb that gets a lot of its revenue from tickets issued by the police. They don't have the money to be that generous, and legally they probably couldn't do it even if they did. There will be no big payday for Wilson out of this.
The problem affects all white and Asian police nationwide, at least until King Soetoro leaves.
There would most likely be a confidentiality clause.