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Boston to Pay Family $5M For Pepper Spray Pellet Death

HeadlineMay 03, 2005

The city of Boston has agreed to pay out over five million dollars to the family of a college student who died after police shot her with a pepper-spray pellet. The incident occurred as police were trying to control a crowd of celebrating baseball fans last October. Victoria Snelgrove was a 21-year-old student at Emerson College.

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