LA to pay $1.5m to parents of black man shot by police
The city of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the parents of an unarmed black man whose killing three years ago became a rallying cry against police brutality. The settlement comes just weeks after authorities decided not to press charges against the two officers involved in Ezell Ford's killing in August 2014. Ford, 25, whose family said he was mentally challenged, was gunned down by the two officers after they confronted him as he walked near his home in Los Angeles.