$200,000 Settlement for Texas Man Pepper-Sprayed While Recording Sonâs Traffic Stop
An alleged racial profiling of a Latino man quickly escalated and led to the demotion of a police sergeant.
An image from a body camera video shows Marco Puente being pepper-sprayed in Keller, Texas.Credit.Keller Police Department
Jan. 25, 2021
A city in Texas has agreed to a $200,000 settlement of a lawsuit alleging civil rights violations and police brutality brought by a man who was pepper-sprayed twice while recording his son during a traffic stop over the summer.
The city of Keller, which is about 30 miles northwest of Dallas, announced on Sunday that it was âpleasedâ with the agreement, which still needs to be signed by all parties and filed with the court.