Judge approves $100K to Mass. girl injured by cop
Published: November 20, 2009
FALL RIVER, Mass.—A judge has approved a $100,000 settlement from the city of Attleboro to a teenage girl who claims her wrist was broken during a scuffle with a police officer.
Esther Durex said she was struck multiple times when she was stopped and questioned after leaving a party in October 2008. Police alleged she was combative and intoxicated, and she was charged with assaulting police, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace.
Medical tests proved she had no drugs or alcohol in her system and charges were eventually dismissed.
A lawyer for the city said in Fall River Superior Court on Thursday the city was not opposed to the settlement, reached between the Durex’s lawyers and the city’s insurance carrier.
Durex, an honors student, was 16 at the time of the incident.
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lulu:
i don’t know if you’ve ever had to deal with cops when they think you’re up to something. They are dicks. They’ll swear, threaten, make up non-existent laws, and dare you to say they’re wrong.
And it makes it a whole lot worse when you’re not actually doing anything wrong.
And PS: the point is SHE WASN’T DRUNK OR ON DRUGS, and a cop assulted her hard enough to break bones.
After legal fees the girl probably walked away with enough to shop the dollar menu
This is ridiculous. She got 100 grand because a cop broke her wrist? She was probably acting like a total idiot and that’s why they labeled her “intoxicated and combative”. This didn’t just happen unintentionally.
I would like to know if The officer got fired in this case?
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