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| NEWS & EVENTS |
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| January 13, 2010 |
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Flynn, Gaskins & Bennett Police Misconduct Group Settles Excessive Force Case Where The Plaintiff Was Improperly Tased Off Of A Fast-Moving Bicycle For $475,000
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The case, entitled Gerdes v. Meyer, involved a Brainerd Police Department officer who was investigating a noise complaint from a park after park hours set by ordinance. The officer found the plaintiff and some of his friends leaving the park on bicycles and decided to use his taser to make a custodial stop on plaintiff. The plaintiff was pedaling his bicycle out of the park when he was tased in the back and crashed his bicycle, injuring his shoulder and back, requiring multiple surgeries and hospitalizations. Robert Bennett and Ryan Vettleson handled the case for Flynn, Gaskins & Bennett.
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