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3 Six-Figure Settlements, Verdicts In Seattle Use Of Force Cases

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: Crime & Justice News

"Seattle will pay a University of Washington graduate

student $115,000 to settle a federal civil-rights lawsuit

against a police officer who broke her cheekbone

during a 2006 arrest, reports the Seattle Times. The

payout to Brittany Beaulieu, 32, is the third six-figure

settlement or verdict since November in lawsuits

stemming from violent arrests by Seattle police

officers. In two cases, internal investigators

recommended discipline for the officers responsible,

but none was handed out.

During a traffic incident, Beaulieu allegedly told a

friend not to take a police-administered breath test. An

officer tried to handcuff her, but she fell and suffered a

facial fracture that required surgery to repair."

Seattle Times - http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001c-qBrLLZu0psgR6VzxMnKl6dRBc4PI1wvDET6gL6_JgI4P0CfnIz21BAQQ0DvP08PF-ml2tseCEpifhSnDsP4CYjAoFEjs0ryMSKQrnvCR7MkZIRnCa9G5JF_Uu8-PjEqJ2LsoG-GI8aBft-pIjJrrChkETEdjXLjnhnn2L24Ryc0R0tWC7Vk2mqjW6SNPnK

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on July 14, 2008 (boomark / email).