$1 verdict against police costs nearly $600,000 in legal fees
A $1 federal civil-rights verdict against a Seattle police officer who held a man at gunpoint during a 2007 off-duty traffic stop has cost taxpayers nearly $600,000 in legal fees, with maybe more to come, as City Attorney Pete Holmes asks the US Supreme Court to hear the case.
The city is set to pay $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit against three Tulsa police officers accused of beating a 16-year-old black male causing permanent vision and hearing damage.