Denver City Council on Monday unanimously approved a motion to pay Michael Jacobs $350,000 to settle a lawsuit brought last year against 15 officers and former Police Chief Paul Pazen. via AmyWadas
“There's a lot of feelings that are floating around in my body,” he told Denver7.
Jacobs was rattling a chain-link fence at Lincoln Park when he says officers tackled him. Body cam footage shows an officer running toward Jacobs and then several officers holding him down.Man says he was sexually assaulted by DPD during arrest 10:44 PM, Sep 16, 2020 “I was hit in the back of the head. I was trying to recover, get my bearings and was punched in the face. I had a baton shoved up my anus,” said Jacobs.
“I think that's what drove the settlement is that they know they would have to explain this to a jury of Denver residents, and it just isn't justifiable,” said Felipe Bohnet-Gomez, Jacobs' attorney.
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