A Brooklyn jury has awarded $510,000 to a man who sued the city for a broken ankle he suffered during an arrest for shoplifting.
The jury awarded Kevin Jarman $510,000 on Wednesday for the injury.
Jarman had filed the suit after pleading guilty to shoplifting at a Queens Pathmark in 2011.
The New York Post says it’s not the first payout Jarman has received from the city.
In 2005, he sued the NYPD for false arrest after a drug sale charge was dropped. The city settled for $15,000.
Then last month the city settled for $20,000 after Jarman sued police for false arrest in another drug case.
(AP)
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did t anyone mention crime doesn’t pay?
its no wonder why NYC is bankrupt with such frivolous lawsuit
what a sick world
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Lucky the case wasn’t in the boogey down bronx or it would’ve been $5 million.
New York City must have a lot of extra money to pay out for this foolishness.