Cumberland County commissioners approve settlement related to excessive force claim
Cumberland County commissioners voted 6-1 on Tuesday to approve a $10,000 settlement regarding possible excessive force by law enforcement officers.The claim made by Nehemiah Mason involved an incident on Nov. 7, 2014 at Seventy-First High School. Little information about the incident was released, but the settlement mentions claims of “application of force, excessive force, negligence, assault, negligent injury, infliction of emotional distress, constitutional deprivation or […]
