update. the good samaritan who was beat up by cops awarded $290K

[Demovictory9]

https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2021/01/28/loveland-police-settle-excessive-force-lawsuit-290-k/4294396001/

Excessive force lawsuit filed against Loveland police settled for $290K

The lawsuit alleged officers violated Sowl's constitutional rights when they arrested him for refusing to answer questions as a witness about a motorcycle crash outside a Loveland bar Sept. 22, 2019.

Ashe detained Sowl for not answering his questions, twisting his arm behind his back and pushing his face into the ground. Sowl said he needed shoulder replacement surgery after the incident, according to the lawsuit.

Sowl's arrest was captured on body camera footage. At one point in the interaction, Sowl can be heard telling Ashe, "I don't know what happened. I'm not talking to nobody."


"It is long-established that a citizen cannot be charged with obstruction (or any crime) for merely refusing to answer police questioning," Sowl's attorney Sarah Schielke said in a news release at the time the lawsuit was filed in June 2020.


Ashe arrested Sowl for obstruction of justice and resisting arrest, but the 8th Judicial District Attorney's Office dismissed the charges, according to the lawsuit.


The federal lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, alleged Sowls' First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments were violated, according to a news release from Schielke.

The case was settled for $290,000, City Attorney Moses Garcia said.

[exboyfil]

1. An earlier article

$300K seems really low given the cost of the medical treatment and pain and suffereing.

This loose cannon was also involved in a police shooting. Him and his buddies should be prosecuted if the statements in the lawsuit are correct.


https://www.reporterherald.com/2020/06/22/man-sues-loveland-police-department-alleging-excessive-force/?fbclid=IwAR1nA4PCQglIk6_WZnOrE2Hy6S3zGZ5L5-sxQFW2_D4aHA1QedY48JlaYu0

[Demovictory9]

3. the whole Loveland PD needs oversight

[uponit7771]

5. This cops are always repeat offenders and they keep getting assigned to patrolling citizens

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. Good. It's worse for POC's, but the cops are just generally out of control in a lot of places

The guy was probably arguing unnecessarily, and probably not a liberal at all ... but he was right in this case.

That all being said, if the person was a POC, doubt they'd have gotten a dime.

[uponit7771]

4. Slogan Defund The Police is demonized by even the left but police pay out this gob smacking amounts

... of money in lawsuits !!

Where are they getting the money from? Oh right, the same cities that should be directing their funds towards other services

[marble falls]

6. Defund the police was the wrong slogan. Something like "Redefine the Police" might have been better.

[DenaliDemocrat]

7. More like hold them accountable

I am a first responder. By law, if I see an OSHA violation and fail to act,I can be held personally responsible. Time for the same rules to apply to police