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City of Everett, Washington Settles Police Shooting Suit for $500,000

Loaded on Feb. 15, 2012

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

In February 2011, the City of Everett in Washington State agreed to settle for $500,000 a lawsuit brought by the family of a man gunned down by police.

Niles Meservey was fatally shot by police officer Troy Meade outside the Chuckwagon Inn on June 10, 2009. Meservey's daughter filed a ...

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