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Suit Over Police Beating of Fort Worth Prisoner Settled for $120,000

Loaded on Feb. 15, 2012

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Police, Excessive Force (Police). Location: Texas.

On August 24, 2010, the City of Fort Worth, Texas agreed to settle a former prisoner’s civil rights suit for $120,000.

Carey Cass Hudson, then 38, was arrested by Fort Worth police officer F.V. Anderson on June 14, 2008 for suspicion of driving while intoxicated (DWI). At the time, Hudson …

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