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$250,000 Settlement Received in Massachusetts Police Beating

Loaded on Dec. 15, 2007

Filed under: Police, Excessive Force (Police). Location: Massachusetts.

After mediation with a federal magistrate, a Boston man agreed to drop his excessive force suit against Worcester City, Massachusetts in exchange for $250,000 in 2006.

Charles Evangelista sued the city and six police officers after suffering a ruptured bladder while being beaten on March 26, 2003. He had been ...

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