Kay Family, OAG Reach Agreement in Settlement Dispute

Six Years Later, Neighborhood Officials, Local Clergy Reflect on Deon Kay’s Police-Involved Death by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr

Clergypeople and activists gathered at the site of the 2020 Deon Kay police-involved shooting to announce the finalized settlement that Kay's family reached with D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb. (Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr./The Washington Informer)

With the six-year anniversary of Deon Kay’s police-involved death on the horizon, the Kay family has finalized a settlement agreement with D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb, thus ending what’s been described as a months-long disagreement about a suitable dollar amount. 

For Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Dascha Cleckley, this development provides some sort of closure, not only for the Kay family, but for Congress Heights residents.  

“It doesn’t even make the community feel safe, but at least it acknowledges the fact that there was a wrong,” said Cleckley, who’s in her fourth year as a representative of Single-Member District 8C03. “So many times, things happen in the community,…and it’s swept up under the rug, so I think that’s a move in the right direction.” 

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