Jury Awards $640K to Washington Man in Excessive Force Case
A federal jury has awarded a Federal Way, Wash. man $640,000 after finding a police officer used excessive force when arresting him at an accident scene in 2014.
The Seattle Times reported that the jury gave Josiah Hunter $40,000 for the excessive-force claim and tacked on $600,000 in punitive damages, which U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman said could be awarded only if the panel found the officer’s conduct “was malicious, oppressive or in reckless disregard of the plaintiff’s rights.”
The city said it would appeal.
Records say Officer Kris Durrell used a neck constraint on Hunter, which Hunter said made it difficult for him to breathe.
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