Hartford City Council OKs $450,000 Settlement in Police Brutality Case

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Hartford City Council OKs $450,000 Settlement in Police Brutality Case

Hartford’s city council has agreed to a $450,000 settlement to be paid to a man who was beaten by police in a case of mistaken identity in 2004, ending his professional football career.

The settlement comes nearly three years after a federal grand jury awarded Tylon Outlaw, now 44 and the head football coach at Bloomfield High School, $450,000 in compensatory damages.

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“He crossed the street to exchange Christmas greetings and pleasantries with everyone when Officer Allen mistook Outlaw for someone else. He was beaten with a baton and hit in his head multiple times,” DiCrosta said. (occurred in 2004)

Allen retired in 2018.

 

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Hartford City Council OKs $450,000 Settlement in Police Brutality Case


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I guess I can understand how that happens. If somebody says hello, obviously you should “defend yourself” with a police baton.

It could happen to anybody, I’m sure.