"Keep in mind, he was a hero, and yet to the world he was cast as the villain, said Adante Pointer, a civil-rights attorney whose firm Lawyers for the People represented Green. He was doing everything that we would want and hope someone would do when confronted with a situation like that, which is spring into action, save himself and others, and try to assist the police. And as opposed to him getting a medal, he received metal bullets."
"Green's shooting on March 27, 2022 became quickly controversial after it surfaced that he had actually disarmed a gunman during a brawl inside a La Victoria taqueria near San Jose State University where he had been on a campus visit and he and his attorneys asserted he was holding the handgun pointed up in the air as he backed out of the restaurant entrance."
K'aun Green, an Oakland native and aspiring professional football player, received an $8 million settlement from the City of San Jose after being shot on March 27, 2022. Green disarmed a gunman during a brawl inside a La Victoria taqueria near San Jose State University while on a campus visit and was allegedly holding the handgun pointed upward as he backed out the restaurant entrance. Then-officer Mark McNamara shot Green four times. McNamara later was involved in a racist texting scandal denigrating Green to colleagues. Green filed a lawsuit that moved through federal courts asserting he was shot amid confusing police commands. The City Council approved the settlement unanimously, and the city attorney described the agreement as a negotiated resolution to avoid litigation risks.
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