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$2.57 Million Settlement for Hogtying Death in NC Police Custody
Loaded on Nov. 30, 2022
by Eike Blohm, MD
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2022, page 30
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Settlements,
Excessive Force (Wrongful Death).
Location:
North Carolina.
by Eike Blohm, MD
On October 20, 2022, a federalcourt in North Carolina approved a settlement obligating the City of Greensboro to pay $2.57 million for the wrongful death of a mentally ill man, after city cops detained and hogtied him in September 2018.
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