Miller Urges Busch Settlement
גיפארד מילער האלט אז די שטאט דארף מאכען א דיל מיט די משפחה פון גדעון באש אפילו די סיטי האט געווינען אין קאורט.
Miller Urges Busch Settlement
Victim's family has 'suffered a great deal,' Council speaker says;
City Council Speaker Gifford Miller is calling on the city to settle the civil suit brought by the family of Gidone Busch, who was shot by police in Borough Park in 1999.
''The Busch family has suffered a great deal and the sensible thing to do is settle the case,'' Miller, a Democratic candidate for mayor, said in a recent interview.
A jury in 2003 rejected the family's claim that the cops who shot Busch after he waved a hammer at them violated his rights by using excessive force. But Brooklyn Federal Judge Sterling Johnson tossed out the verdict late last year, citing gaps in credibility by the defendants, and ordered a new trial, as yet unscheduled.
''The judge's ruling was extraordinarily powerful,'' said Miller. ''The right thing to do is settle this matter.''
Miller went on to say, ''We ought to have better training and protocols for police officers to deal with these kinds of situations, which is one of the matters at heart here. When approaching mentally disturbed individuals, the current protocols for the NYPD leave both the individual and the police officer in excessive danger.''
A spokeswoman for Corporation Counsel Michael Cardozo said he would have no comment because of the ongoing litigation
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