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Excessive Force by Des Moines Police Officers Leads to Proposed Settlement of $500,000

Loaded on May 15, 2012

Filed under: Police, False Arrest, Excessive Force (Police). Location: Iowa.

In September 2011, the Des Moines City County voted on a $500,000 proposed settlement to end a federal lawsuit filed by a couple allegedly assaulted by two Des Moines police officers following a traffic stop.

In September 2008, Officers Mersed Dautovic and John Mailander pulled over a car driven by …

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