City Hall Eyeball: City Council to decide on Zehm settlement tonight

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Monday, May 21, 2012

City Hall Eyeball: City Council to decide on Zehm settlement tonight

Posted By Joe O'Sullivan on Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:14 AM

More than six years years after the death of Otto Zehm at the hands of Spokane Police, the City Council will vote tonight on a settlement for the slain janitor's family. The settlement would pay the family $1.67 million and mandate that the city provide $50,000 to help better train officers.

The aftermath of Zehm's death inside a Zip Trip in March 2006 has spawned acrimony and reform: the conviction of Officer Karl Thompson for excessive use of force, the creation of a city police ombudsman, a conversation on how to safeguard against unnecessary deaths and a commission probing how Spokane police should be using force.

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A previous version of this post incorrectly stated the month of Zehm's death.

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