The family of a Maryland man paralyzed during a traffic stop involving Prince George’s County police has received a $7.5 million settlement in the federal lawsuit they filed against the police department.
took him to the ground on a neighborhood street in Oxon Hill, Md., during a traffic stop in 2019. The then-24-year-old landed on his head, authorities said, breaking vertebrae in his neck and spine and leaving him mostly immobile from the chest down. Strong was later convicted of second-degree assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment related to Ward-Blake’s injuries.
At the news conference, Ward said it is an emotional time for her family and thanked “God for this day.” How breakdowns in oversight allowed Prince George’s to rack up a $26 million bill on a police lawsuit But Prince George’s County Circuit Court Judge DaNeeka V. Cotton ultimately ruled that she was “unpersuaded” that Strong’s testimony was “credible.” Cotton called his actions “excessive” and “unjustified,” and found him guilty on all three of the misdemeanor charges prosecutors had brought against him.
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