North Carolina sheriff’s office agrees to $6M settlement in lawsuit in which 6 families accused the department of a pattern of using excessive force doled out by deputies who had allegedly referred to themselves as the “KKK,” an attorney says.
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina sheriff’s office has agreed to a $6 million settlement in a lawsuit in which six families accused the department of a pattern of using excessive force doled out by deputies who had allegedly referred to themselves as the “KKK,” an attorney said Thursday.
The families sued four deputies, Sheriff Wayne Coats and former Sheriff Larry Rollins in November 2016. The lawsuit was filed by the family of John David Livingston, who was shot and killed by a Harnett County deputy after refusing to allow a warrantless search of his home in 2015. Lawyers for the sheriff’s office had argued in court documents that Livingston was intoxicated and had seized Kehagias’ stun gun, causing the officer to fear for his life. The deputy resigned, and a grand jury declined to indict him.
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