Published report · Nov 2, 2026
George Floyd: The $27 Million Deal Included the $500,000 Community Portion
Twenty-seven million dollars settled George Floyd's federal civil claims, including a half-million-dollar community portion. Minneapolis officials announced the agreement on March twelfth, 2021. It concerned the lawsuit brought by the trustee for Floyd's next of kin. The municipal motion explains the money; the criminal prosecutions answered separate legal questions.
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Twenty-seven million dollars settled George Floyd's federal civil claims, including a half-million-dollar community portion. Minneapolis officials announced the agreement on March twelfth, 2021. It concerned the lawsuit brought by the trustee for Floyd's next of kin. The municipal motion explains the money; the criminal prosecutions answered separate legal questions.
Civil financial coverage is the March 12,2021 municipal agreement/announcement and April 2021 procedural order. No $27.5 million total, final family net or completed community-payment accounting is asserted; criminal prosecutions remain separate.
From our report published Nov 2, 2026. This describes that report’s documented position, not a fresh check of today’s court docket.
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Twenty-seven million dollars settled George Floyd's federal civil claims, including a half-million-dollar community portion. Minneapolis officials announced the agreement on March twelfth, 2021. It concerned the lawsuit brought by the trustee for Floyd's next of kin. The municipal motion explains the money; the criminal prosecutions answered separate legal questions.
Civil financial coverage is the March 12,2021 municipal agreement/announcement and April 2021 procedural order. No $27.5 million total, final family net or completed community-payment accounting is asserted; criminal prosecutions remain separate.
COURT RECORDS
U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
0:20-cv-01577-SRN-TNL
PRIMARY SOURCES
https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/FileV2/23409/Estate-of-George-Floyd-Settlement-Motion.pdf
https://www.rblaw.net/pressrelease-george-floyd-civil-lawsuit-city-of-minneapolis-police-officers-settles-27-million
https://www.minneapolismn.gov/media/-www-content-assets/documents/2021-Second-Quarter-Financial-Status-Report.pdf
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-mnd-0_20-cv-01577/pdf/USCOURTS-mnd-0_20-cv-01577-0.pdf
FOOTAGE
cityofminneapolis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUYVHenMAFo
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