Stow and Woman Tasered by Police Fail to Reach Agreement in Federal Lawsuit
The woman Tasered by a Stow officer rejected an offer by the city to settle the case. The dash cam video filmed during the incident is attached to this story.
The 23-year-old Akron woman who filed a Federal lawsuit against the city of Stow seeking $250,000 in damages rejected Stow's offer to settle for $10,000 May 8, according to a Fox 8 News Cleveland story. The Akron woman, Chelsea Garrett, who was Tasered in November by Stow Police Officer Jesse Reedy, who was cleared for his use of force by a committee, filed the Federal lawsuit claiming police brutality in March. On Nov. 5, Garrett was charged with reckless operation, a minor-misdemeanor, and obstruction official business, a second-degree misdemeanor by Stow and charged with a DUI in Akron for bouncing off a median wall on S.R. 8, hitting a vehicle in Akron and leaving the scene of the accident. When she was in Stow, she almost swiped a …
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Joseph Bagodonuts
9:12 am on Friday, March 1, 2013
On the subject of Police Brutality. If no one else is aware of this phenomenon please be aware that lawsuits against police departments such as this are becoming more and more common on a daily basis. Stop the naivety and ask yourself why else the insurance carrier settled the lawsuit so quickly? After having had the police draw their weapons on me for a simple traffic violation one of my hobbies… more ›