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Woman Body Slammed By LAPD Officers Gets $550,000 Settlement89.3 KPCCDec. 17, 2014 |
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 A woman who was body-slammed by Los Angeles police officers after being stopped for a cell phone violation has settled an excessive-force claim against the department for $550,000, her attorneys said Wednesday. Michelle Jordan, then 34, sued the city of Los Angeles two years ago after the LAPD officers threw her to the ground, twice, when she back-talked and cursed them during a traffic stop in Tujunga. After LAPD brass reviewed videotape of the incident, one of the officers involved in the case was suspended and the other was fired. Los Angeles city attorneys and Jordan officially settled the lawsuit in September, according to court documents. Read More |
