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$1.5 Million Settlement in Deadly Police Shooting

Loaded on May 15, 2011

Filed under: Shootings, Police--Excessive Force, Police, Excessive Force (Police). Location: Connecticut.

After a jury found liability in a police officer’s shooting of a fleeting motorist, the Town of North Branford, Connecticut, paid $1.5 million to settle the matter.

Officer Michael Breen made a traffic stop of a car driven by Steve Guerette on July 13, 1999. In the passenger seat was ...

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