Sean Bell was an unarmed man that was killed by police when they shot at his car 50 times in 2006. New York City agreed on Tuesday to pay $7 million. His fiancee and a friend that survived the shooting said that the settlement was fair but not cause for celebration.
"Nobody wins in this", Joseph Guzman -- who was shot 17 times and still wears a leg brace -- said at a news conference the day after the settlement was announced. The deal in a case that upset the community and made them question police firepower awards $3.25 million to the estate of Sean Bell, $3 million to Guzman and $900,000 to a third victim, Trent Benefield.
The $3.25 million payout will benefit the two young daughters of Sean Bell that he had with fiancee, Nichole Paultre Bell, who legally took his name after his death. Nichole called the settlement "reasonable." But, she added, the girls "will never have their father."
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