The City of San Leandro will pay a $3.9 million settlement to a mentally disabled man who was tased and beaten by officers in 2019. The settlement stems from a civil rights lawsuit, attorneys for the victim said on Monday.
The officers were accused of destroying evidence from the incident. The victim, Sorrell Shiflett, 37, is represented by Oakland's Pointer & Buelna, Lawyers for the People. Shiflett was dressed as the anime character Naruto, when he encountered police officers on Oct. 6, 2019. He was walking around town in costume before sunrise with his cousin when officers got a call that suspicious men were walking around carrying bags in San Leandro .
Navarro failed to save his body camera footage, while Pantoja did not activate his body camera until after his use of force, Shiflett's attorneys said. "These officers violated Mr. Shiflett's rights by first unlawfully arresting and then beating him with a baton and shocking him an unknown number of times with a Taser causing Mr. Shiflett to suffer two brain bleeds and a separated shoulder that required multiple surgeries," said civil rights attorney Adante Pointer.
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