City (Not El Paso) Raises Taxes to Pay Legal Settlement for Police Misconduct

In a case that may portend what’s in store for El Pasoans, the city of Inkster, Michigan, will hit taxpayers with a one-time bill to pay a legal settlement to a man beaten by a police officer. From the Detroit Free Press:

Inkster property owners will soon face a one-time tax hit to cover a settlement reached between the city and a man beaten by a police officer during a traffic stop.

City Treasurer Mark Stuhldreher said Inkster will levy 6.45 mills on summer tax bills to pay Floyd Dent $1,377,500.

That means property owners will shell out about $178.67 on a home with a market value of $55,400, the median value of a home in Inkster, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates.

It will be forced on residents in a city where 38% of its residents live below the poverty level and the median household income is $26,512, the census bureau estimates.

One wonders what the settlement will be for a police officer shooting a handcuffed prisoner in the sallyport of the El Paso County Jail. $50 million? Perhaps.

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