Seattle, Wash. has paid nearly $160,000 to settle a federal civil-rights lawsuit.
The case involved a veteran police officer with a history of discipline for unprofessional and questionable behavior who tackled a belligerent man who was handcuffed in a holding cell in 2015.
The Seattle Times reports the settlement was finalized Feb. 28.
The judge entered judgment against the city in a lawsuit filed by Alonzo Price-Holt against Officer Zsolt Dornay and the police department. The settlement, offered by the city, paid Price-Holt $100,001.
His attorneys received $58,989.
Dornay was given 30 days off without pay for the use of unnecessary force, the most serious penalty the department can render short of dismissal.
It was Dornay’s third 30-day suspension in a 25-year career with Seattle police.
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