Wed Jun 3, 2015, 12:32 PM

$1.38M cop beating settlement will cost Inkster Michigan taxpayers

By Elisha Anderson, Detroit Free Press 12:48 a.m. EDT June 2, 2015

Inkster property owners will soon face a one-time tax hit to cover a settlement reached between the city and a man beaten by a police officer during a traffic stop.

City Treasurer Mark Stuhldreher said Inkster will levy 6.45 mills on summer tax bills to pay Floyd Dent $1,377,500.

That means property owners will shell out about $178.67 on a home with a market value of $55,400, the median value of a home in Inkster, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates.

It will be forced on residents in a city where 38% of its residents live below the poverty level and the median household income is $26,512, the census bureau estimates.

A consent judgment was filed in Wayne County Circuit Court on Friday, but it may take more than a year for Dent and his attorneys to fully collect the money.

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2015/06/01/floyd-dent-inkster-beating-tax-settlement/28328993/

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$1.38M cop beating settlement will cost Inkster Michigan taxpayers (Original post)	project_bluebook	Jun 2015	OP
Perhaps the pain will inspire the good burghers of Inkster to rein in their cops.	Comrade Grumpy	Jun 2015	#1
Yes and hope other communities take notice	project_bluebook	Jun 2015	#3
That is sad but who is it that actually hires and pays the wages of the police? We do. Maybe we	jwirr	Jun 2015	#2
Good point!	project_bluebook	Jun 2015	#4

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Wed Jun 3, 2015, 12:51 PM

Comrade Grumpy (13,184 posts)

1. Perhaps the pain will inspire the good burghers of Inkster to rein in their cops.

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Wed Jun 3, 2015, 12:55 PM

project_bluebook (411 posts)

3. Yes and hope other communities take notice

Very interesting that the insurance policy doesn't kick in below 2 million dollars, bet that is pretty standard with most city liability insurance.

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Wed Jun 3, 2015, 12:55 PM

jwirr (39,215 posts)

2. That is sad but who is it that actually hires and pays the wages of the police? We do. Maybe we

need to get more input into what kind of police we hire. This IMO is the only way that we can wake people up to what is happening in their neighborhood.

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$1.38M cop beating settlement will cost Inkster Michigan taxpayers

1. Perhaps the pain will inspire the good burghers of Inkster to rein in their cops.

3. Yes and hope other communities take notice

2. That is sad but who is it that actually hires and pays the wages of the police? We do. Maybe we

4. Good point!