Ohio jury orders police officer to pay $4.4m to family of Black man he killed

Jury offered damages to family of Luke Stewart, who was killed after being approached when asleep, but did not indict the officer

An Ohio jury has ordered that a white police officer must pay $4.4m in compensatory damages to the family of a Black man the officer killed after approaching him while the man was sleeping.

Officer Matthew Rhodes climbed" into the car of Luke Stewart, 23, as he was asleep on a street in Euclid, Ohio, in March 2017, according to reports.