EASTON, Pa. (AP) The city agreed to pay $75,000 to a man who needed more than 70 stitches after being bitten by a police dog.
Liam Williams' civil rights lawsuit said he was unarmed, shackled and lying on the floor when a policeman ordered his dog to bite. Officers allegedly waited two hours before taking him for medical treatment.
The settlement was reached in June, but details were not released until recently.
In May, the city agreed to a $1.9 million settlement to end a police brutality case that involved severe injuries to three men on a bridge between Easton and Phillipsburg, N.J.
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