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WORCESTER — The city has agreed to pay a city man $47,500 to settle his federal civil rights lawsuit alleging that a Worcester police officer unjustly beat him with a baton while he was defenseless on the ground, breaking his wrist and inflicting multiple bruises.
The police brutality lawsuit, brought in U.S. District Court by Trung Huynh, sought unspecified damages for illegal arrest and excessive force stemming from an incident outside Club Red on Pleasant Street in June 2006.
Mr. Huynh alleged that after one of his friends mouthed off to officers outside the club, Offic... Read more
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Progreso police hit with bruta
A Progreso man has come forward with allegations against those who he says are supposed to serve and protect him.
Norberto Becerra filed a police brutality lawsuit at a federal court in McAllen last week.
The lawsuit accuses the City of Progreso, Police Chief David Hernandez, Sgt. Alberto Rodriguez, Officer Dennis Sarmiento and a Municipal Judge Alfredo Espinoza with numerous civil rights violations.
Becerra alleges police brutality and excessive force at the hands of Officer Sarmiento during a September 2007 traffic stop.
The Progreso man claims that the officer assaulted, put him in a chokehold and threw him to the ground without probable cause.
According to the court documents, the officer allegedly called a Texas Department of Public Safety state trooper to file DWI charges against Becerra during the incident.
But the lawsuit claims Becerra was beat up so badly that the DPS trooper refused to take custody of him.
Becerra claims he was taken to a local hospital for treatment instead of jail.
The Progreso man claims police ultimately arrested him on public intoxication and resisting arrest charges for supporting a mayoral candidate in July 2008.
His lawsuit claims inadequate training, inadequate supervision and that police misconduct was tolerated by the City of Progreso.
Becerra's allegations come at the the same time that the town's officers walked off the job.
Chief Hernandez told Action 4 News that he could not comment because he was not familiar with the lawsuit.
The Progreso City Manager referred all questions to a law firm representing the city.
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