LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – The Clark County School District settled three lawsuits totaling $12.9 million.
On Thursday, the CCSD school board voted on the three agenda items.
The vote came down 7-0, which passed unanimously.
According to sources, there was no discussion following the vote.
The ACLU has released a statement on the $1 million settlement approved by Trustees.
“CCSD has spent the last two years working to avoid accountability for attacking our clients. The district hoped if it could bury the records and tie our innocent clients to a criminal narrative, that this incident would just go away. We’ve spent nearly two years seeking justice for our clients, their families, and the wider community, and we hope tonight’s settlement will help our clients and their families on their way to healing and peace.” said Chris Peterson, Legal Director for the ACLU of Nevada.
According to the ACLU in Dec. 2023, the organization filed a court order to require the school district to release the bodycam footage of the attack.
“From the inception of this matter, we have sounded the alarm about CCSD’s antics here. Two years and dozens of motions and hearings later, we’ve firmly established that CCSD’s original narrative in this matter was a bold-faced lie and that its attempt to hide records was done intentionally to hide the egregious misconduct of its own police department from the public. If CCSD continues to engage in misconduct, we will continue to sue them. We want to thank our friends at Claggett and Sykes for their support in helping secure this outcome.” said Athar Haseebullah Executive Director for the ACLU of Nevada.
Officials say the group will avoid pursuing a civil rights case on behalf of the students.
These lawsuits are among 117 that the district is facing.
This comes after the district settled 102 lawsuits for $28 million dollars. FOX5 uncovered these figures through a freedom of information law.
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