It took eight years, but an Atlanta cop who tased a panhandling homeless man, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down before he died five years later, must now pay $21 million in damages.
Atlanta Police Officer Jon Grubbs is expected to pay $700 a month, through wage garnishment or liens, to the estate of Jerry Blasingame, who was 65 when Grubbs tased him in 2018.
At that rate, it would take roughly 2,500 years to pay off the entire judgment.
And at this point, it is not even clear which surviving family members will ultimately receive the money, because the estate is being managed by a court‑appointed guardian…