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Keller police officer resigns after excessive force allegation for pepper-spraying a man Blake Shimanek’s resignation comes one week after the city of Keller reached a $200,000 settlement with the man, who was arrested and pepper-sprayed in August for what he said was retaliation for recording his son’s arrest after a traffic stop. In this screen grab from police body-cam video, Marco Puente grimaces after he was pepper-sprayed by a Keller officer. He s filed a lawsuit against two officers, claiming they used excessive force and retaliated against him after he filmed his son s arrest over a traffic violation.(Keller Police) ....
Keller police officer resigns for his role in controversial 2020 arrest By FOX 4 Staff Police video showed Sergeant Blake Shimanek arresting Dillon Puente during a traffic stop last summer. He ordered another officer to arrest Puentes father, who stopped to record the incident on his cell phone but was not interfering. The other officer, Ankit Tomer, pepper-sprayed the older man even though video does not show him resisting. Keller police demoted Shimanek after the incident. Monday was Shimanek’s last day on the job. Tomer was not disciplined. The city reached a $200,000 settlement with the Puentes. Advertisement ....
$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. ....
A Texas city has settled a lawsuit brought by a man who was pepper-sprayed while recording his son’s traffic stop. Officials in Keller agreed to the $200,000 settlement with Marco Puente, who sued two local police officers in federal court after he was pepper-sprayed and arrested while videotaping an officer who pulled over his son, Puente’s attorneys confirmed to The Hill. Body camera footage from the incident last August shows Sgt. Blake Shimanek pulling over Puente’s son, Dillon Puente, for making a wide right turn, NBC Dallas-Fort Worth reported. Marco Puente reportedly arrived at the scene in another vehicle and started filming from across the street. ....
Man who sued 2 Keller officers after being arrested, pepper-sprayed reaches $200K settlement with city ‘The Puente family is pleased to have this unfortunate and needless situation behind them,’ Marco Puente’s attorneys said in a statement. In this screen grab from police body-cam video, Marco Puente grimaces after he was pepper-sprayed by a Keller officer. He s filed a lawsuit against two officers, claiming they used excessive force and retaliated against him after he filmed his son s arrest over a traffic violation.(Keller Police) The city of Keller reached a settlement with a man who was arrested and pepper-sprayed last year in what he said was retaliation for filming his son’s arrest following a traffic stop. ....