Calfornia city awards $1m to woman after police dog bites her – Times of India
The city of Brentwood, California, agreed to pay $967,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging excessive force by police. The lawsuit stemmed from a February 2020 incident where a police dog bit a woman during an arrest.Talmika Bates was hiding in bushes when a police K-9 bit her head during the arrest. Bates was wanted for allegedly shoplifting from a makeup store. She required over 200 stitches and treatment for a head injury. Bates' attorneys say she was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.“We need to recognize that K-9s are dangerous, sometimes lethal, weapons that can cause life-altering damage or kill someone even when an officer is trying to get them to release and relent,” said civil rights attorney Adante Pointer. “Here we saw a trained K-9 handler s...