Attorney: San Leandro to pay $3.9M to settle civil rights lawsuit from man brutally beaten by police in 2019

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A mentally disabled man who San Leandro police officers beat with batons and Tased in 2019 will receive $3.9 million from the city to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit, his attorney announced Monday.

No criminal charges were ever filed against 37-year-old Sorrell Shiflett after his encounter with police officers while he was walking on a sidewalk. Shiflett has major cognitive difficulties from a serious brain injury suffered in 2008 when he was the victim of an armed robbery.On Oct. 6, 2019, Shiflett was dressed as the popular anime character Naruto while walking in his neighborhood before sunrise with his cousin.

It was unclear the amount of force used and the number of times he was Tased since Navarro failed to save his bodycam footage and Pantoja did not activate his camera until after the use of force.The officers eventually took Shiflett to a hospital, but the beating left him with two brain hemorrhages and a separated shoulder that required multiple surgeries.'They then callously dumped him at a nearby hospital,' Pointer said.

 

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