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Euclid reaches $475,000 settlement with man tased by police during 2016 traffic stop
The city of Euclid has settled a federal lawsuit with a man pepper-sprayed and Tased by city police officers during a November 2016 traffic stop.
According to his attorneys, Lamar Wright will receive $475,000 as a result of the settlement.
Wright sued the city and the two police officers involved in 2017, about a year after the incident.
The incident involved in Wright’s case occurred on Nov. 4, 2016, when he was driving in Euclid and pulled over into a nearby driveway to safely use his cell phone to call his girlfriend.
Read more: https://www.news-herald.com/news/euclid-reaches-475-000-settlement-with-man-tased-by-police-during-2016-traffic-stop/article_d0e7fad8-446a-11eb-95d7-eb9a93e6a36f.html
(Willoughby News-Herald)