LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The family of a Hardin County man was paid $600,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit against officers who beat him, tased him four times, sicced a K-9 on him repeatedly and then left him to die in the back of a cruiser.
The 2022 lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Louisville, claimed Hardin County sheriff’s deputies used excessive force, lied about it and violated protocol by not having EMS take Alejandro Clarke Jr. to a hospital before he went into cardiac arrest.
Court documents show the case was dismissed in April. WDRB News obtained records of the settlement from the Kentucky Association of Counties (KACo) on Thursday…