Cleveland to Pay $4.8 Million to Family of Teenager Killed in Police Pursuit

Sarah Johnson, a spokeswoman for the city, said in a statement on Monday that the decision to settle the case had been an “extremely difficult one,” adding that the city had to consider that the pursuit had begun because of a “violent armed carjacking.”“On one hand, you have police officers who were trying to do their job to remove violent armed individuals from the streets so they couldn’t victimize more people and commit additional violent crimes,” Ms. Johnson said. “On the other hand, a 13-year-old girl was tragically killed, leaving her family, friends and entire…