The city of Albuquerque is paying a man a half-million dollar settlement to conclude an excessive force lawsuit.
The Albuquerque Journal reports this new amount includes $200,000 previously awarded by a jury to Jerry Rodriguez for compensatory damages and eliminates a second trial phase that would have focused on municipal liability.
Rodriguez and his long-time partner Elaine Romero filed the lawsuit over a 2010 incident with police that took place a month after they questioned him about a homicide.
The lawsuit says Rodriguez thought he was being carjacked when officers pointed guns at him and Romero and tackled him to the ground.
Russell Perea was the only officer found to have used excessive force in the incident.
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Information from: Albuquerque Journal.
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