Phoenix OKs payout after police point guns over stolen doll
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FILE - In this June 18, 2019 file photo Dravon Ames, holding microphone, speaks to Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, as his fiancee, Iesha Harper, right, holds 1-year-old daughter London, at a community meeting, in Phoenix. The Phoenix City Council will vote Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020 on a settlement for the Black couple who had police officers point guns at them in front of their children last year after their young daughter took a doll from a store without their knowledge. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)FILE - In this June 18, 2019 file photo, Rev. Jarrett Maupin, left, arrives with Dravon Ames, second from left, Iesha Harper, second from right, and one of the family's two daughters, 1-year-old London, prior to the start of a community meeting in Phoenix. The Phoenix City Council will vote on a settlement for the Black couple who had police officers point guns at them last year after their young daughter took a doll from a store without their knowledge. The possible settlement Wednesday, Aug. 26, 202 stems from a $10 million claim claiming excessive force. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)Iesha Harper, center, speaks to reporters while surrounded by family members and local activist Jarrett Maupin, far right, in Phoenix on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. The Phoenix City Council decided Wednesday to pay a $475,000 settlement to Harper and Dravon Ames, who had police officers point guns at them in front of their children last year after their young daughter took a doll from a store without their knowledge. (AP Photo/Terry Tang)Iesha Harper, center, speaks to reporters while surrounded by family members and local activist Jarrett Maupin, far right, in Phoenix on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. The Phoenix City Council decided Wednesday to pay a $475,000 settlement to Harper and Dravon Ames, who had police officers point guns at them in front of their children last year after their young daughter took a doll from a store without their knowledge. (AP Photo/Terry Tang)
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FILE - In this June 18, 2019 file photo Dravon Ames, holding microphone, speaks to Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, as his fiancee, Iesha Harper, right, holds 1-year-old daughter London, at a community meeting, in Phoenix. The Phoenix City Council will vote Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020 on a settlement for the Black couple who had police officers point guns at them in front of their children last year after their young daughter took a doll from a store without their knowledge. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)