Louisiana to pay $9 million to a man who was shot in the back by state trooper during traffic stop

Louisiana authorities have agreed to pay $9 million to Clifton “Scotty” Dilley, who was partially paralyzed after a trooper shot him during a 2018 traffic stop, misreporting it as a Taser incident. The settlement, one of the largest in the state for police violence, follows a U.S. Justice Department report criticizing excessive force by state police, which led to the trooper’s termination and criminal charges.

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