Portland to Pay in Excessive Force Suit
BeatBushBlog reports:
The city of Portland, Oregon agreed to pay $145,000 to settle an excessive force lawsuit brought by a blind, partially deaf 71-year-old woman whom the Portland police pepper-sprayed and shot with a Taser, after police went to her home to complain about shrubs and appliances in the woman's front yard.
Here's more from the article:
Police said they pepper-sprayed Crowder after she refused to stop kicking them. They admit that Crowder's prosthetic eye fell out at some point, and that Zajac stunned Crowder with a Taser, an electric stun gun, twice in the lower back and once in the upper back after ordering her to stop fighting and resisting.
Warren said the city's argument is bogus. He said, "To kick the crap out of old folks seems a little bit much to me in the name of law enforcement."
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