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The city of Sacramento, California has agreed to pay more than $2 million Stephon Clark’s children.
Clark is the unarmed black man who was shot and killed by police in his grandparents’ back yard in March.
Officers looking for a man breaking car windows shot Clark.
They believed Clark had a gun but he was actually holding a cell phone.
The settlement filed Wednesday calls for the city to pay Clark’s two and five year old sons almost $900,000 each.
That’s after legal fees are deducted.
Both boys will gain access to the money when they are 22 years old.
Then they can access it tax free.
A judge still has to approve the settlement.
The officers who fired at Clark never faced criminal charges.
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