Portsmouth paying Louise Lucas $300,000 to settle Confederate monument protest lawsuit
A $6.75 million lawsuit filed by State Sen. Louise Lucas against former Portsmouth police chief Angela Greene and Sgt. Kevin McGee was settled last month.
Portsmouth will pay Lucas $300,000 to release the defendants and the city from future liability, according to Burle Stromberg, the city’s interim city attorney. The suit was settled in mediation Dec. 23, according to court documents.
Lucas, a longtime Democratic state senator representing the 18th District, was pleased with the settlement and plans to donate the money. The funds will likely come out of the city’s risk management fund, Stromberg said
“I also understand that any settlement from a locality impacts their ability to fund critical programs in our community,” Lucas said in a Friday statement. “That’s why I am pledging that I will be donating the entirety of what I receive in the settlement to the charitable efforts in our community I have been involved with for so many years.”
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