Family of mentally ill man fatally shot by police to settle lawsuit for $975K - mlive.com
"KENT COUNTY, MI – The family of a man shot and killed by police while he suffered a manic episode has agreed to settle a lawsuit against Kent County for $975,000, court records showed.
...The Jan. 24, 2017, shooting of Jonathan Sper, 30, was ruled justifiable by the Kent County prosecutor but Sper’s family contended sheriff’s deputies were not equipped to deal with those suffering mental illness.
Sper was shot and killed at his brother’s house in Algoma Township after a struggle with sheriff’s deputies.
Prosecutor Chris Becker determined that Sper “did not simply resist, he violently struck Deputy (Jason) Wiersma multiple times.”...Read all.
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