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Floyd Family to be paid $27 Million By Barrington M. Salmon In the middle of jury selection in the murder trial of George Floyd on Friday, March 13 came word that the city of Minneapolis may have reached a settlement. It turned out that they had, and city officials announced that the body had agreed […]

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