Today, Comptroller Bill Henry asked why the Police Department settled an excessive-force lawsuit against two officers for $550,000 without taking any disciplinary action against them.
The cash settlement was offered to Eric Jones, who suffered traumatic brain injury (TBI) in 2014 after he was tackled and “taken down” by two officers investigating a reported drug transaction in Northwest Baltimore.
Jones was transported to Sinai Hospital for emergency surgery as “an unfortunate result of the encounter,” Elizabeth Walden, chief counsel for the Baltimore Police Department, acknowledged today.
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