Lawsuit Settled in You Tube Tasering

A 28-year-old Utah motorist who was shot with a Taser by a highway patrolman after he refused to accept a speeding ticket has received a $50,000 settlement from the state, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The incident was caught on the officer's dashboard camera and subsequently posted to YouTube, where it was viewed at least 1.7 million times. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the officer was briefly placed on administrative leave and received training in conflict resolution. The state attorney general stated that his department believed that the lawsuit was legally defensible but too expensive to litigate.

 

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