Murder a citizen, be acquitted, and the taxpayers foot the bill....
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http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/239/tennesseetown.shtml
In October 2000, DRCNet reported on a rash of police killings during drug raids gone bad. Among them was the case of John Adams, 62, a black resident of Lebanon, TN, who was shot and killed by a police SWAT team raiding the wrong house on October 4 of that year. After masked officers burst into his home, Adams fired a shotgun at the intruders before they shot and killed him as his wife Lorine, 72, looked on in disbelief.
Lebanon Police Lt. Steve Nokes, head of the town’s narcotics unit, was fired from the police department and indicted on charges of criminal responsibility for reckless homicide, tampering or fabricating evidence and aggravated perjury. He was acquitted of all charges in June 2001.
But the Lebanon Daily Times reported on May 24 that the city of Lebanon will pay at least $400,000 to Lorine Adams. She has received a lump sum payment of $200,000 and will receive $1,675 per month for the rest of her life. If she lives 15 years, the total pay-out would reach more than half a million dollars. The city also paid John Adams’ medical bills of $45,000 and funeral expenses of $5,804. The city’s insurance carrier will pay for the settlement. No word yet on Lebanon’s new insurance rates.