Council Member Trayon White Received $75K Settlement From DC Police for Civil Rights Lawsuit in 2017

D.C. Council member Trayon White collected a $75,000 settlement from the Metropolitan Police Department seven months after taking office, according to records newly released to the News4 I-Team by the D.C. attorney general.

The settlement was the conclusion of a civil rights lawsuit filed by White in 2014. White began serving on the D.C. Council in January 2017.

Neither the settlement itself nor the amount were disclosed to the Council chairman or the secretary of the Council, staffers of those offices told the I-Team.

White declined the I-Team’s request for comment.

White, the Council’s Ward 8 member, sued the police department in April 2014, alleging an officer managing traffic assaulted him. In his suit, White said he was preparing for the annual Marion Barry Turkey Drive at a D.C. church when the officer confronted him.

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