The settlement reached between Knoxville police officers and the family of Anthony Thompson Jr. was finalized by a federal judge Jan. 15, capping a yearslong, painful legal fight for his family.
The settlement agreement is not public, though each party will pay its own expenses and attorney’s fees, according to a filing made by Margaret Held, the attorney for Thompson’s mother, Chanada Robinson.
It was the last piece of a legal fight that started when 17-year-old Thompson was shot and killed by a Knoxville officer inside an Austin-East Magnet High School bathroom in 2021…