9th Circuit Court
Tasered Accountant Gets $60K in Excessive-Force Case
Posted Nov 19, 2008, 06:00 pm CST
By Martha Neil
A 53-year-old Washington state accountant who voluntarily went to the local police station as a witness and wound up as a defendant in an obstruction case, after being jolted twice with a stun gun, has won a $60,000 award in a federal civil rights case.
Kevin Bonner was awarded $35,000 in compensatory damages and $25,000 in punitive damages by a federal jury that found Normandy Park police used excessive force. The jury also determined that a detective investigating the underlying child abuse matter had used excessive force, but did not commit an assault and battery, reports the Seattle Times.
The situation in the station arose after Bonner went there to dispute abuse allegations made against his wife… Continue reading...
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