Matthew Kinne, a former Mississippi cop who was convicted of murdering his Black mistress has been ordered $2 million to her children. He’s to cough out “$1.2 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages and $300,000 in compensatory damages to each of Clayton’s kids.
BE has the details;
On Thursday, Matthew Kinne was ordered to pay $2.2 million to four children of the woman he murdered in 2019, The Dispatch reports. Senior U.S. District Court Judge Glen Davidson is requiring Kinne to pay $1.2 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages.
Kinne has been serving out a life sentence after pleading guilty to the capital murder of Dominique Clayton, 32. The family filed a wrongful death lawsuit in August 2021 following his guilty plea.
After failing to respond to the suit, Judge Davidson made a default ruling against him. Now ages 11 to 17, each of Clayton’s children will receive $300,000 in compensatory damages.
Kinne’s actions “were intentional, wanton, willful and reckless. Accordingly, punitive damages are appropriate,” Judge Davidson said.
Lead attorney Carlos Moore says the ruling may be Mississippi’s largest judgment in a case involving excessive force. While Kinne has no income, the city of Oxford will be expected to pay his damages if its determined that Kinne was in uniform and on duty as an Oxford police officer when he fatally shot Clayton.
The lawsuit says Kinne was in uniform and driving a patrol car when he went to Clayton’s home for a welfare check.
“THE MILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION IS WHETHER HIS ACTIONS WERE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HIS EMPLOYMENT,” MOORE SAID.
I hope they don’t screw this black family out of their money. You know the justice system is set up to do just that. I can’t imagine what life is like for those kids. Suuposdefuly there are just a few bad apples in the police force but we know that isn’t true.
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