Posted on 05/07/2024 9:41:56 PM PDT by Morgana
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – A 71-year-old man who was yanked out his home while wearing a bathrobe, thrown to the pavement face first and then handcuffed by police has received $250,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming Louisville and Jeffersontown officers used excessive force.
The lawsuit filed on behalf of Frank Serapiglia in March 2020 was dismissed this March after being settled, with Louisville Metro Police liable for $245,000 and the Jeffersontown Police Department paying the other $5,000.
“This settlement reflects the substantial pain and suffering inflicted on Mr. Serapiglia as a result of the excessive force of the LMPD officers involved,” said attorney Thomas Clay, who represented Serapiglia.
LMPD did not immediately respond to a request as to whether any officers were punished.
Serapiglia was in his kitchen drinking coffee and reading the news early in the morning on Sept. 18, 2019, when he heard yelling and noticed several police officers outside his home with guns drawn, according to the lawsuit.
Serapiglia thought officers must be pursuing a suspect running through his neighborhood. Then he heard banging on his front door.
He didn’t know police were responding to a 911 call made by Serapiglia’s ill wife while he was downstairs. The woman had called 911 in a “delusional state” claiming her husband had shot her in the head, according to the lawsuit.
As Serapiglia was opening the door in his bathrobe, a police officer reached in the house, grabbed him and threw him to the pavement, where he landed face first, according to police body cam video that captured the incident.
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It was not enough.
You are darn right on that.
Any settlement which doesn't involve seppuku on the part of the police officers is not enough.
I wonder why he can’t sue each cop individually?
and
Why aren’t they in jail?
That seems a little harsh. I think the $250,000 was fair.
Not included in the article:
Is tbis victim of police brutality still alive?
Has he sustained ongoing injuries ?
Has his wife been moved to a care facility?
Why did all this take most 5 years to be resolved?
They were hoping he'd give up the ghost and therefore the case would go away.
He is still alive. I first saw this on video at youtube but I know how much you all hate just videos so I found a news sources.
I’m glad you found the story.
He’s a tough old bird.
The police would bark and cuss at him, he barked and cursed right back. Righteous anger.
Back the blue till it happens to you.
Hoping to run out the clock.
He asked his wife why she called the police. She says, I thought you shot me.
I stopped back in the blue in 2015. They sat back and watched Trump supporters get beat.
It’s too long, but I just read another article, a few minutes ago, saying it took 14 years to settle. Sucks.
The cops lied about him being “non-compliant”.
As far as being thrown on the ground? Oh, he “slipped and fell”.
Video has done a lot to get to the truth in these stories. It protects both the citizen and the police.
If this guy was black there’d be hell to pay. Homes and businesses would be burned to the ground.
That was my exact thought.
So what’s the alternative? Lock and load? LOL
At least they didn’t shoot him.
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