Long Beach will pay $550,000 to a man who was shot by a scandal-plagued LBPD officer and then sentenced to a lengthy prison sentence based on the officer’s now-compromised testimony.
The agreement, approved by the Long Beach City Council on Oct. 21, settles a federal civil rights lawsuit that 37-year-old Miguel Vargas filed in July 2023, alleging officers used excessive force when they shot him from behind.
Vargas and his attorney, David McLane, decided to settle the lawsuit because “this is a case that could have gone either way” if it landed in front of a jury, McLane said…