An attorney representing the family of Ricardo Diaz Zeferino, whose shooting death by Gardena police was captured in a video made public this week, bristled Wednesday morning talking about the millions the city paid out to settle the family’s lawsuit.
“This is not about money,” attorney Sonia Mercado said. “Money doesn’t bring their son back.”
But as countless families before them have discovered, in the courts, most everything translates into a dollar figure — be it suffering, loss or injustice.
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