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(CNN) -- Once again, a police officer has been acquitted after killing a black man -- but the officer's employer is shelling out millions of dollars to the family.

This time, it's happening in the case of Philando Castile, whose final moments were broadcast by his girlfriend on Facebook Live. On Monday, lawyers announced a $3 million settlement between the Castile family and St. Anthony, Minnesota, the city that employed the officer acquitted in Castile's death.

While officer convictions are rare, killings that have spawned "Black Lives Matter" protests have led to notable outcomes -- including settlements to stave off civil lawsuits and changes to police policy. Here's how some of the most high-profile cases have turned out:

Philando Castile, 32

Date of death: July 6, 2016

Where: Falcon Heights, Minnesota

What happened: St. Anthony police Officer Jeronimo Yanez pulled Castile over during a traffic stop. Castile told the officer he had a firearm on him, which he was permitted to carry. Castile reached for something and Yanez shot him five times. During the Facebook Live video, Castile's girlfriend said he was reaching for his license; the officer later said he thought Castile was reaching for his gun.

The outcomes: Yanez was acquitted of second-degree manslaughter, but the city of St. Anthony settled with Castile's mother for $3 million.

"The settlement will be paid through the City's coverage with the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust. No taxpayer monies from the City of St. Anthony Village will be used to fund this settlement," a joint statement from the city and the Castile family said.

By reaching a settlement, the Castile family and St. Anthony avoid "a federal civil rights lawsuit which may have taken years to work its way through the courts exacerbating the suffering of the family and of the community," the statement said.

Jordan Edwards, 15

Date of death: April 29, 2017

Where: Balch Springs, Texas

What happened: Officers responded to a house party after reports of underage drinking. Police spotted a car leaving with five people inside.

Officer Roy Oliver fired into the car with a rifle, fatally shooting Jordan, who was sitting in the front passenger seat.

Police Chief Jonathan Haber initially said the car had been moving "aggressively" toward officers. Later, Haber corrected himself and said body camera footage showed the car was driving forward -- away from the officers.

The outcomes: Haber fired the officer, saying Oliver "violated several departmental policies." Oliver was arrested in May and charged with first degree murder.

Meanwhile, Jordan's classmates at Mesquite High School grieved the loss of the beloved football player and straight-A student.

Alton Sterling, 37

Date of death: July 5, 2016

Where: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

What happened: Sterling was selling CDs outside a convenience store when police received a call of a man with a gun. Cellphone video showed police tackling Sterling and pinning him to the ground before Sterling was shot. Police said Sterling was reaching for a gun.

The outcomes: Federal prosecutors said they didn't have enough evidence to file charges against Baton Rouge police officers Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II.

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Nearly a dozen groups including Black Lives Matter Cincinnati are sponsoring a rally near the University of Cincinnati's College Conservatory of Music Wednesday. The 6 p.m. rally is set for two hours before FC Cincinnati plays the Chicago Fire in the U.S. Open Cup at Nippert Stadium.

A Facebook event page says the goal is to "tell both UC administration and the City of Cincinnati that we demand justice for Sam Dubose."

DuBose was shot and killed by Ray Tensing, a University of Cincinnati police officer at the time. Tensing's second trial on murder and voluntary manslaughter charges ended Friday in a hung jury. His first trial on the same charges also ended in a hung jury in November.

Jurors in the second trial told Hamilton County Judge Leslie Ghiz Friday they were "almost evenly split regarding our votes toward a final verdict" and couldn't find consensus. Ghiz then declared a second mistrial.

Tensing's attorney Stew Mathews tells WVXU it's his understanding the jury votes were "8 to 4 not guilty on murder; 7 to 5 not guilty on voluntary manslaughter."

Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters says he won't announce anything about a possible third trial until the week of July 10. He could choose to retry Tensing on the same charges, lesser charges, or not at all. A decision must be made by the next court date, July 24.

The "Justice for Sam DuBose" public demonstration page calls for people to wear black and bring signs. "We must show and stand up for justice," the page says, calling the most recent mistrial a "grave injustice."

University of Cincinnati spokesman Greg Vehr says in a statement to WVXU, "Members of our campus and wider community are free to gather and express themselves. The university respects all viewpoints and will work to maintain a safe environment while respecting the constitutional rights of all to engage in individual and collective expression and discourse."

An FC Cincinnati spokeswoman referred any questions about the rally to university officials.

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ST. LOUIS The Balloon Brigade, a popular staple in the annual PrideFest parade, was hit with social media backlash for including a Blue Lives Matter flag on its float Sunday afternoon.

On Monday, the brigades leader apologized and said the group, which raises money for an AIDS charity, would return two awards it won for its entry in the parade.

As the co-creator/producer of the St. Louis Balloon Brigade, I wish to apologize to the members of the community that I have offended, wrote Chad Carroll in a statement released through #Boom Media, a brigade sponsor, and posted on Facebook. I approved a flag on our float in the Pride parade that has deeper meaning to some than I previously understood. I have been educated today.

The flag symbolizes support for law enforcement and is a takeoff of the Black Lives Matter movement that sprang up as an outcry from a rash of police shootings of black men, notably Michael Brown in Ferguson. Many minority groups, including the LGBT community, have taken offense at the Blue Lives Matter flag, seeing it as an affront to the efforts to bring attention to the marginalized.

We flew the Blue Lives Matter flag in honor of the lesbian daughter of one of our members, Carroll said in his letter. She came out relatively recently, and then became a police officer. When I was asked permission for this weeks ago I was only thinking of what a great show of love and respect for his family this was. There was absolutely no political motivation or activism intended by this display.

Carroll said members of the brigade were not asked to vote on whether to include the flag and the majority of them were not even aware it was there because they were so busy and excited on parade morning it was ultimately my original call that let the flag appear. I was wrong. I deeply regret that decision.

Tony Rothert, legal director for the ACLU of Missouri, commented in a Facebook thread about the letter from Carroll: This seems to be one of the most sincere apologies I have ever read. Rather than take criticism as a personal insult, an educational moment was accepted. The return of awards shows this is for real. Kudos.

The apology came as parade judges on Monday were debating by email whether to strip the Balloon Brigade of its awards.

I am going to speak up here because a lot of assumptions are being made as to the decision of them receiving the award, wrote Ben James, one of the judges, in a Facebook post prior to Carrolls statement. We at the judges tent could not see any of the flags they were flying because they were using their balloons to block our view of them. As someone who personally supports Black Lives Matter, I am disgusted to learn that this flag was hidden from us. And I am further upset that we awarded this to them; knowing now that they had this flag I wish we could take these awards away.

One other judge said the flag was not hidden but among others representing different groups and on a float decked out with hundreds of bright balloons. He said he did not notice it was a flag representing Blue Lives Matter.

Pride St. Louis, the nonprofit that organizes the downtown parade, issued a statement Tuesday afternoon after the Post-Dispatch asked whether groups such as Black Lives Matter were prevented from participating in the parade.

Pride St. Louis does not have a policy to prevent political groups from participating or from taking political positions. Black Lives Matter did not ask to participate, but had they asked, we would have immediately allowed them to participate, said Pride spokesman Landon Brownfield. In past parades, organizations have carried a Black Lives Matter sign, Brownfield said.

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New Delhi: It seems like the English dictionary just woke up and is getting political.

The Oxford English Dictionary has expanded the definition of woke, in both online and print mediums, saying that woke has been used as alert to injustice in society, especially racism.

In the past decade, that meaning has been catapulted into mainstream use with a particular nuance of alert to racial or social discrimination and injustice, popularized through the lyrics of the 2008 song Master Teacher by Erykah Badu, in which the words I stay woke serve as a refrain, and more recently through its association with the Black Lives Matter movement, especially on social media., Oxford explained.

This well-established but newly prominent usage of woke has become emblematic of the ways in which black American culture and language are adopted by non-black people who dont always appreciate their full historical and cultural context. It is therefore of particular interest that the earliest citation for woke, adj. in the figurative sense comes from a 1962 article by the African-American novelist William Melvin Kelley in the New York Times, entitled If youre woke, you dig it, which describes how white beatniks were appropriating black slang at the time, the dictionary further explained.

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