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A settlement means shit, 99.999% of the time it just means "We believe the settlement is cheaper then what it would cost us to fight this even if we believe that we would win with high certainty "The city didn't just pay out $12 million dollars to the family because they believed the cops story...
As far as a chargeable case, I think that's harder to prove unless one of the officers blatantly lied on the warrant application. Espeically against the other officers who were just there for the raid.
But you have other problems, like why these hicktown cops needed to LARP as Seal Team Six for what was basically a dime bag dope dealer operation on a house they knew their suspect wasn't staying at.
Or the whole issue of weather they announced themselves as police or not before kicking in the door. Seven neighbors said they didn't and at least two officers claim they don't remember but are sure they did.
The Ben Crump version of events is crap but the police version isn't much better.
It doesn't mean the city thinks the officer's actions were or were not justified.