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Police slaying settlement

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The family of Sonya Massey, a Black woman killed by a white Illinois sheriff’s deputy after she called 911 fearing an intruder was at her house, agreed to a $10 million settlement with Sangamon County.

Read the county board’s settlement resolution here. The board approved it Feb. 11.

Read our prior coverage of this saga **here and here.

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