JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Attorneys for the sister of George Robinson said they’re rejecting the City of Jackson’s settlement offer.

On Tuesday, the Jackson City Council unanimously voted to settle with Bettersten Wade in the amount of $17,000.

Wade filed a lawsuit against the city saying that her brother was killed by a former Jackson police officer. In 2019, Robinson died two days after a Jackson police traffic stop involving former JPD officer Anthony Fox.

Robinson, 62, had been hospitalized for a stroke days before the police encounter and was on medication, Wade has said. He had a seizure hours after he was beaten, and he died two days later from bleeding on his brain.

Lawyers for Wade said they intend to move forward with her cause of action against the city.

Fox went on to work for the Clinton Police Department. He was initially convicted in the 2019 death of Robinson. Fox was sentenced to five years in prison in August 2022 after a jury found him guilty of culpable negligence manslaughter.

In January 2024, the Mississippi Court of Appeals reversed Fox’s conviction. They reviewed the case and found that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict.

On February 6, 2023, the City of Clinton’s Board of Aldermen approved Police Chief Ford Hayman’s request to re-hire Fox. He returned to work as a K9 narcotics detective.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.