$8.7 Million for Louima in Torture Settlement
Abner Louima, the Haitian immigrant tortured with a broken broomstick in a police station bathroom in 1997, received an $8.7-million settlement in one of the nation’s most notorious police brutality cases.
“I don’t really see myself as a rich man,†Louima said. “I see myself as someone who’s lucky to be alive and able to see some justice.â€
The settlement came after months of tense negotiations with the city and its police union.
Louima was arrested four years ago outside a Brooklyn nightclub. An officer, mistakenly believing Louima had punched him, sodomized Louima with a broomstick.
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