August 17th, 2010
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The city of Atlanta, Georgia has agreed to a $4.9 million settlement with the family of a woman who was killed by police during an illegal raid of her home in 2006. Officers busted down the woman’s door after an informant said he had purchased drugs from her home. The woman fired one shot off before being gunned down by police, who then planted drugs in her home when none were found there, the suit alleged. Since the incident, five former police officers have been imprisoned for conspiring to violate the woman’s rights.