Texas Mom Arrested After Reporting Her Child Was In Danger Awarded $150,000
Fort Worth, Texas has agreed to pay $150,000 to the Black mother police arrested in 2016 after she reported her child in danger.
Jacqueline Craig will receive the settlement following the Fort Worth City Council’s pending approval, which is expected to come next month WFAA reported. The settlement is a result of a five-year-long federal civil rights lawsuit that Craig filed against the city accusing police of violating her rights during the arrest.
Craig’s arrest went viral in 2016, with many people calling for arresting officer William Martin, and former Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald to be fired. Craig’s suit accused Martin of using excessive force and referenced Fort Worth policymakers like Fitzgerald, Mayor Betsy Price, and the Fort Worth City Council for trying to protect Martin and other officers accused of excessive force.
After the arrest, all charges against Craig and her daughters were dropped. Fitzgerald was later fired in May 2019 after three and a half years as police chief.
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