A 22-year old Seattle man has received a favorable jury verdict in a lawsuit against the Seattle Police Department, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. A jury awarded the man $268,000 in damages for a 2006 incident in which officers made a false and unlawful arrest and used excessive force when arresting and jailing the man on charges of obstruction and resisting arrest. The verdict defied the odds. Seattle had not lost a police misconduct lawsuit in over ten years. Prior to the incident, the plaintiff had been designated as youth of the year in the state for his work combatting chronic truancy, fostering academic excellence, and for helping other disadvantaged youngsters at a Boys & Girls Club in South Seattle. According to the Post-Intelligencer, he was the one who'd called police when a dance he was supervising at the club became unruly.