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Akron to pay $4.8 million to relatives of a Black man killed by police

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Jayland Walker , a Black man killed when eight police officers fired 94 bullets at him after he shot a round out his window during a police chase, will receive a $4.8 million settlement from the city of Akron .

A grand jury declined to indict the officers last year , but Walker 's family accused the officers of using excessive force and participating in a 'culture of violence and racism' within Akron 's police department.

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English

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