Portland City Council Increases Settlement to $8.5M for Displaced Black Families

Troup NAACP helps local man secure civil rights settlement - LaGrange Daily News

The Troup County NAACP and the law firm Hall and Lampros, LLP, have helped secure a five-figure settlement for an incident back in 2023 involving LaGrange Police. Plaintiff Rodney Williams, Jr. sought legal relief for a police encounter where LaGrange Police officers allegedly illegally entered his home to arrest him. The lawsuit was filed in January of this year against the officer, Matthew Turner, and recently ended with a settlement dismissal…

Portland City Council increases settlement to $8.5M for displaced Black families

Portland City Council increased the settlement compensation from $2M to $8.5M for Black families who were displaced by 1960s urban renewal projects in Albina.

City agrees to pay $7.5 million in settlement with Black Portlanders for displacement from Albina district

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland City officials laid the groundwork for paying Black Portlanders more than $7 million for displacing them from an area their community once called home. In a unanimous vote from the Portland City Council, officials agreed to increase the settlement by more than $6 million after a last-minute amendment was introduced, drawing emotional reactions ranging from cheers to tears in City Hall. During a meeting on Thursda…

City Council Expected to Approve Central Albina Settlement

Black residents who were forcibly relocated for Emanuel Hospital expansion that never happened, and their descendants, sued over loss of property, wealth and community.