Robert Hinton, a New York City man who recently won a settlement for his abuse at Rikers Island jail, has been shot dead. Hinton was awarded nearly half a million dollars for a beating by Rikers corrections officers in 2012. He was imprisoned in the solitary confinement unit for men with mental illness when the officers hogtied and attacked him, leaving him with a broken nose, a fractured vertebra and a bleeding mouth. His case led to the firing of a captain and five officers involved. On Friday, Hinton was shot dead outside of a Brooklyn housing project. His attorney says he had been planning to buy a new home and had recently sent a text message saying: “I pray I even live long enough to see some sort of happiness.”