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From [HERE] and [HERE] DENVER - A Black man left bloodied by Denver police officers two years ago after a routine traffic stop was given a $795,000 settlement by the City Council on Monday. It is among the largest payouts in city history to resolve a police-brutality case.

Alexander Landau sued the city in federal court, saying three police officers tried to cover up a Jan. 19, 2009, beating that left Landau scarred and suffering "persisting neurological damage." The officers hit Landau with their fists, flashlights and a radio, and called him nigger, according to the suit. Two of the three officers in the suit were recently fired for lying on reports concerning other violent incidents.

The council unanimously approved the payout. The department's Internal Affairs Bureau originally reviewed the case but refused to begin a formal investigation.The city has reopened an internal-affairs investigation into the case. Landau's suit includes graphic photos of the bloodied and beaten then-19-year-old college student. [HERE]

Vidal said "chances were good we would lose this case in court."

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