By Raja Abdulrahim
Los Angeles Times
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. Orange County has paid $750,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a former jail inmate who alleged he was Tasered while handcuffed and slammed to the floor by sheriff’s deputies. The incident was captured on video.
The settlement was approved by county supervisors and paid out in early March, according to a spokesman for the county’s chief executive office.
The lawsuit stemmed from the March 2006 arrest of Matthew Fleuret on suspicion of obstructing a deputy after getting into a bar fight on St. Patrick’s Day. He was never prosecuted.
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