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Ex-Dallas Cop Convicted of Murder Released on Parole

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Dallas paid $2.5M to settle the Jean family's civil suit in 2021.

The Jean family sued the City of Dallas after Botham's death. The $2.5M settlement mirrors payouts in other high-profile police misconduct cases — George Floyd's family received $27M from Minneapolis in 2021.

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