Atatiana Jefferson: Family To Receive $11.25 Million Settlement From City Of Fort Worth

Source: Facebook / facebook Nearly seven years after Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson inside her own home, the city is preparing to pay her family $11.25 million. And while the money cannot bring Atatiana back, the settlement represents another uncomfortable reminder that a Black woman had to lose her life before the system was forced to reckon with what happened. According to CBS News Texas, the proposed agreement would resolve the remaining civil claims connected to Jefferson's death, with the largest portions going to her two young nephews. Their . . .