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Vegas Police To Pay Record $2.2M To End Custody Death Case

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police have finalized paying a record $2.2 million to the family of a man who died after being chased, punched, hit with stun gun jolts and put in a neck restraint by a police officer outside a Las Vegas casino in 2017.

The department issued a statement Monday saying officials hoped settling the excessive force and negligence lawsuit would bring closure for the children of 40-year-old Tashii Farmer Brown.

An attorney representing the family didn't immediately respond to messages. When the settlement was outlined July 17, officials acknowledged it was the largest in department history.