Seven years before Floyd's cheek was smashed against the pavement, Terrance "Mookie" Franklin cowered behind a water heater in a dark basement after fleeing police who were trying to confront him about a burglary. With flashlights mounted on their guns and a police dog leading the way, they thumped down the stairs and soon found him hiding.

Fourteen minutes later, the 22-year-old African American was lying in a puddle of his own blood. Seven bullet holes pockmarked his head and neck, and three more pierced his upper torso.

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SWAT team member Lucas Peterson, who fired five shots into Franklin's skull, had already been involved in 12 other excessive force cases — including the death of another black man.

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Peterson remains on the job.

$300,000 Payout: City of Minneapolis to Bernadine McWhorter
Named in lawsuit: Officer Lucas Peterson, officer Mark Johnson and city of Minneapolis
Incident: Nov. 1, 2002. Christopher Burns, McWhorter’s fiancée, died when Peterson
reportedly used a neck hold twice after handcuffing Burns.

$225,000 Payout: City of Minneapolis to James Keten
Named in lawsuit: Sgts. Steven Mosey, Mark Osland and Kendal Chambers, and
officers Aaron Morrison, Chad Fuchs, Steven Lynch, Todd Babekuhl, Lucas Peterson,
Scott Creighton, Chris Garbisch, Nick Rowe, Mark Kaspszak, Joshua Rick, Peter Rud,
George Peltz and Mark Beaupre, in their individual and official capacities, and the city of
Minneapolis
Incident: April 13, 2011. Officers shot James Keten’s dogs and allegedly beat Keten.
Specific claims against Peterson are unknown based on the complaint.

$7,500 Payout: City of Minneapolis to Richard Trammell Williams
Officers/entities named in lawsuit: Officers Andrew Stender, Nicholas Torborg, Lucas
Peterson, Mark Beaupre, Scott Creighton, Todd Babekuhl, Sgts. David Garman, Steven
Mosey
Incident: Dec. 20, 2004. Williams was already handcuffed following a search of his
residence for illegal drugs, according to the complaint. The officers jumped on Williams
as they “exited their vehicles and threw him into a raid van where he was ‘hogtied.’?” The
officers then beat Williams, “some using gloves, some with bare hands,” and also
gouged Williams’ eyes, according to the complaint. Specific allegations against
Peterson are unknown.

$2,000 Payout: City of Minneapolis to Tiffany Crowder
Officers/entities named in lawsuit: David Menter, Daniel Low, James Lynch, David
Pleoger, Todd Sauvageau, Gene Suker, Lawrence Loonsfoot, David Garman, Mike
Nimlos, Lucas Peterson, city of Minneapolis and Minneapolis Public Housing Authority
Incident: Feb. 19, 2009. Crowder alleges officers entered her home at night without
announcing themselves, despite having a warrant authorizing a daytime announced
entry. Her 12-year-old daughter was home alone at the time and was struck by the front
door, leaving her with “a permanent scar near her eye.” Crowder alleges the officers
removed an Xbox 360, $2,200 in cash and $3,000 in jewelry. Specific allegations
against Peterson are unknown.