Mesa settles with Daniel Shaver's widow for $8 million after police killed him in 2016

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https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2022/11/24/widow-of-daniel-shaver-reaches-8-million-settlement-with-mesa/69674434007/

Mesa settles with Daniel Shaver's widow for $8 million after police killed him in 2016

Maritza Dominguez
Arizona Republic



Former Mesa police Officer Philip Brailsford shot Daniel Shaver five times with an AR-15 as Shaver was on his knees outside his hotel room and begging for his life. Laney Sweet, Shaver's widow to receive an $8 million settlement from the City of Mesa.

Mesa has reached an $8 million settlement with the widow of Daniel Shaver, the unarmed man police shot in a hotel hallway.

Terms to the settlement include the "dismissal of all claims with prejudice", meaning Laney Sweet could not filed another lawsuit in court. A city spokesperson confirmed the settlement ends all litigation for the city and officers but would not comment further on the terms of the settlement.

Shaver, 26, was shot five times by former Mesa police Officer Philip "Mitch" Brailsford in January 2016 in a hotel hallway.

Payments for the $8 million settlement will come from the "insurer for the Mesa Defendants," which includes the city, Brailsford and others, according to court documents.

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Mesa Police Release Footage of Daniel Shaver's Shooting. He Was Unarmed.

azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic

2017 Dec 8

Mesa, Arizona, police have released footage from Officer Philip "Mitch" Brailsford's body camera of the fatal shooting of an unarmed Texas man at a hotel in 2016. This edited video shows the moments leading up Daniel Shaver's death.

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[Dustlawyer]

1. Acquitted? BS!