Monday, February 21, 2005
Oakland settles lawsuit over teen's beating
The city of Oakland has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a teenager who was beaten during a scuffle with four police officers.
Michael Muscadine, now 18, said he was beaten unconscious after he refused to cooperate with officers who responded to a family dispute at his home in February of 2001.
The officers said in their reports that they had been dispatched to a fight shortly after midnight and arrived to find Muscadine's father sitting on him. They said the teenager was belligerent, smelled of alcohol and yelled profanities at them.
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The city of Oakland has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a teenager who was beaten during a scuffle with four police officers.
Michael Muscadine, now 18, said he was beaten unconscious after he refused to cooperate with officers who responded to a family dispute at his home in February of 2001.
The officers said in their reports that they had been dispatched to a fight shortly after midnight and arrived to find Muscadine's father sitting on him. They said the teenager was belligerent, smelled of alcohol and yelled profanities at them.
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