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$198,000 Settlement in Officers’ Excessive Force upon Connecticut Man

Loaded on July 28, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Stun Guns/Tasers, Excessive Force (Police), FBI. Location: Connecticut.

The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut paid a $198,000 to settle a civil rights action claiming police officers used excessive force during the May 20, 2011, arrest of Orlando Lopez.

Lopez led police on a high speed chase after they tried to initiate a traffic stop upon the van he was ...

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