San Jose: Record $8 million settlement approved for K’aun Green shooting at La Victoria in 2022

SAN JOSE — The City Council has approved a record $8 million settlement for K’aun Green, an Oakland native and aspiring professional football player who was shot and wounded nearly four years ago by a now-former San Jose police officer who was later embroiled in a racist texting scandal in which he denigrated Green to his colleagues.

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 ...