A former St. Louis police officer has been awarded $23 million after he was beaten by other officers while working undercover in 2017.
Luther Hall, the former officer, won on Monday after the defendant — one of his former colleagues — failed to respond to a lawsuit over the attack, according to court records.
Hall, who is Black, was attacked by his colleagues at a protest in September 2017. The demonstration had been organized after Jason Stockley, a white police officer, was acquitted of killing Anthony Lamar Smith, a 24-year-old Black man.
Hall said…
