Jersey City has agreed to settle a federal police brutality lawsuit for six figures with a man beaten so severely by police that he suffered damage to his eye during a 2016 arrest.
The man filed a civil rights complaint four years ago, claiming officers in the New Jersey city apprehended him for no reason and used excessive force “causing serious injury.”
On Wednesday, Jan. 11, city council members approved the $300,000 settlement officials made with Antoin Morrieson on Nov. 16, noting that the payout will come from the Jersey City Insurance Fund, according to NJ.com.
The federal excessive force claim named Daniel Soto, Ruandy Mendoza, Philip Chidichimo and Joseph Weaver as defendants and alleged that the police officers did not truthfully disclose the events surrounding Morrieson’s arrest.
Officers Soto and Mendoza said they saw Morrieson and recognized him as a “Be On the Lookout,” or “BOLO,” a classification issued by the police department for a…
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