A tear streams down the cheek of Nakia Porter during a news conference to announce the filing of a federal lawsuit she brought against two Solano Country Sheriff’s deputies, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Sacramento, Calif. Credit: AP Photo/Rich Pedronchelli, File.
A California woman who was violently arrested and knocked unconscious by two Solano County sheriff’s deputies during a 2020 traffic stop has been awarded a $17 million settlement, her attorney announced Monday.
The payout is believed to be among the largest in state history for an excessive force case where the plaintiff survived.
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