Summary
Keller is shelling out $200,000 to settle a lawsuit after an officer pepper-sprayed a man for filming a traffic stop. It’s a frustrating example of how your tax money covers the bill when police overstep their authority.
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That’s $200,000 of taxpayer money that could have gone toward city services instead of paying for a legal mistake.
The man who was pepper-sprayed receives the settlement as compensation for the violation of his rights.
Local taxpayers are the ones footing the bill for the police department's poor conduct.
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