Raleigh officials agreed to a nearly $1 million payment to settle a lawsuit by a mother who says officers killed her son after repeatedly shocking him with a Taser.
Under the deal, city officials will pay $975,000 to Sonya Williams, the mother of Darryl Williams, in exchange for dismissing her nearly two-year-old federal lawsuit.
The settlement agreement, dated Monday, Dec. 1, outlines the second-largest known payment to an individual by the city since 2012 to end a lawsuit accusing Raleigh police of using excessive force or other unconstitutional acts when confronting people on public streets and in their homes…