Oakland agrees to pay Occupy protesters in brutality cases

[Joe Shlabotnik]

The Oakland City Council agreed Tuesday to pay more than $693,000 to settle two lawsuits filed by Occupy Oakland protesters who alleged they were the victims of police brutality.

In the first case, Army veteran Kayvan Sabeghi will receive $645,000 to resolve a lawsuit he filed against the city in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, alleging that he was clubbed by Oakland police during an Occupy protest on Nov. 2, 2011.

Sabeghi underwent surgery for a lacerated spleen. He has a pending lawsuit in Alameda County Superior Court in which he accuses sheriff's deputies of denying him medical care while in jail. The sheriff's office has denied the allegations.

In a second case, the council agreed to pay $48,500 to settle a lawsuit filed by Robert Ovetz, a college instructor and activist from Marin County who said he was thrown to the ground and struck twice by a police baton during an Occupy protest in Oakland on Jan. 28, 2012.

http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Oakland-agrees-to-pay-Occupy-protesters-in-5053458.php

[quakerboy]

1. Are the officers involved recieving any negative consequences?

People abused should receive compensation, but paying out tax dollars does little or nothing to prevent this from happening again next time.

[Major Nikon]

2. The officer who nearly beat Sabeghi to death retired