Associated Press
DENVER — Denver city attorneys have reached a $6 million agreement with the family of a homeless street preacher who died in the downtown jail
— a deal that will end the city’s appeal in the excessive-force case.City Attorney Scott Martinez tells The Denver Post the amount covers the $4.65 million awarded by a federal jury to Marvin Booker’s family, as well as $1.35 million to cover the family’s attorney’s fees.
Booker died in 2010 after deputies shocked him with a stun gun while he was handcuffed, put him in a sleeper hold and lay on top of him, apparently in an effort to control him. His family’s attorneys said that was a zealous overreaction to the 56-year-old, who was frail and suffered a heart condition.
The city had argued the deputies followed department policy.