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LOCALNJ.com·1h ago

Man said cops slammed him to the pavement outside a nightclub. Now N.J. city is paying him $175K

Photo · David Gard | For NJ Advance Media
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Asbury Park, New Jersey, has agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit involving allegations of police brutality outside a local nightclub. The claimant alleged that officers used excessive force by slamming him face-down onto the pavement and kneeling on his back during an arrest outside the venue Porta.

The man alleged officers slammed him face down and drove their knees into his back while handcuffing him outside Porta in Asbury Park.

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