Euclid reaches $475,000 settlement with man tased by police during 2016 traffic stop

The city of Euclid has settled a federal lawsuit with a man pepper-sprayed and Tased by city police officers during a November 2016 traffic stop.

According to his attorneys, Lamar Wright will receive $475,000 as a result of the settlement.

Wright sued the city and the two police officers involved in 2017, about a year after the incident.

The incident involved in Wright’s case occurred on Nov. 4, 2016, when he was driving in Euclid and pulled over into a nearby driveway to safely use his cell phone to call his girlfriend.

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(Willoughby News-Herald)