The family of a man shot to death by a sheriff's deputy in Florida earned $ 4 in damages through a lawsuit.
Gregory Vaughn Hill Jr. was shot in front of his garage in 2014 by a sheriff's deputy in St Lucie County, Florida, who came due to a noisy report.
The 30-year-old man was found with a gun that contains no bullets but is still a debate whether he was holding the gun or not.
The jury decided there was no excessive force used in the incident and Hill was responsible for his death for being drunk.
The judge then asked the jury to decide whether Hill's constitutional rights were violated or not and if it was violated whether the family should be compensated.
After the jury negotiated for several hours, finally jury decided to compensate $ 1 to his mother as a funeral fee and $ 1 each to his three children.
"That's heartrending," Hill's fiancé Monique Davis told The New York Times newspaper. "There are many questions I want to ask."
"I guess they want to underestimate the case Why give $ 1? It's a painful thing." said family lawyer, John Phillips.
The jury argued that the sheriff's deputy, Christopher Newman, who shot Hill three times did not use excessive force.
It was also decided that Hill was responsible 99% in his death, which meant that the police were only required to pay 1% of the damages, which meant the family would only get four cents.
And in the end, it could be zero at all because Hill was drunk, Phillips explained.
But Phillips has raised funds for the Hill family and also helped repair costs for damage caused by the shootings, which have so far collected about $ 7K
"Deputy Newman is in a very difficult situation," wrote a police statement after the decision. "He made the best decisions he could make for the safety of his colleague, himself, and the general public in the situation he faced."
However, Phillips said it was drafting a motion for a new trial and would appeal if the motion was rejected.
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