$360,000 Settlement for Schizoprenic Man Injured by Police; No Witnesses

Won a $360,000 settlement, paid in a trust fund to care for a 52-year-old mentally ill man, who was severely beaten by the San Jose Police, after being found wandering in the street at the airport. The victim suffered multiple fractures. There were no witnesses. Questioning of police revealed that officers failed to adhere to generally accepted procedures for handling an emotionally disturbed person.

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• San Jose to pay $360,000 to settle suit alleging cops beat mentally ill man
  John Woolfolk, San Jose Mercury News, March 26, 2009

  San Jose officials have agreed to pay $360,000 to settle a federal lawsuit by a mentally ill man who claimed police severely beat him in 2006 when they found him acting erratically near the airport.