Post by Logan on Jun 7, 2016 18:46:17 GMT -6
Garfield teacher pepper-sprayed by Seattle police to receive $100,000 settlement
The city of Seattle has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a federal lawsuit brought by a Seattle high-school teacher who was pepper-sprayed by a police officer after giving a speech at the city’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day rally and march in January 2015.
Jesse Hagopian, a history teacher at Garfield High School, said in his complaint that he was walking on a sidewalk and talking to his mother on his cellphone when a female officer pepper-sprayed him on Jan. 19, 2015.
The incident was recorded on video, which showed the officer waving a canister and screaming at passers-by to back up before spraying some of them.
The civil-rights complaint, which sought damages to be determined at trial, said Hagopian suffered difficulty breathing, anxiety and stress after being pepper-sprayed, and that he missed some of his 2-year-old son’s birthday party as he treated his injuries.
Read more: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/garfield-teacher-pepper-sprayed-by-seattle-police-to-receive-100000-settlement/
The city of Seattle has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a federal lawsuit brought by a Seattle high-school teacher who was pepper-sprayed by a police officer after giving a speech at the city’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day rally and march in January 2015.
Jesse Hagopian, a history teacher at Garfield High School, said in his complaint that he was walking on a sidewalk and talking to his mother on his cellphone when a female officer pepper-sprayed him on Jan. 19, 2015.
The incident was recorded on video, which showed the officer waving a canister and screaming at passers-by to back up before spraying some of them.
The civil-rights complaint, which sought damages to be determined at trial, said Hagopian suffered difficulty breathing, anxiety and stress after being pepper-sprayed, and that he missed some of his 2-year-old son’s birthday party as he treated his injuries.
Read more: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/garfield-teacher-pepper-sprayed-by-seattle-police-to-receive-100000-settlement/