ST. PAUL, Minn. — The family of a man shot and killed by St. Paul police say they are being forced to relive a nightmare during a federal civil retrial.
Cordale Handy was shot and killed by St. Paul police in March 2017. The officer involved was found not guilty in a criminal case. But a federal jury found him guilty of excessive force in a 2023 civil case, awarding the family $11.5 million.
“It’s traumatic because you are reliving that event over and over again,” said Valerie Handy-Carey.
The Handy family says preparing for the retrial of the federal civil case against the St. Paul Police Department is dredging up pain and trauma they’ve already lived through.
“When Cordale’s life was taken, it wasn’t just my sister. It’s everything and everybody that loved Cordale that’s connected to him it impacted us,” said Valerie Handy-Carey.
Handy was shot and killed by two St. Paul police officers who were responding to reports of domestic violence in the Dayton Bluff neighborhood.