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From [HERE] The city of Dallas will pay Rodarick Lyles $500,000 for injuries he received during a 2011 traffic stop. The arrest was caught on dash camera video in which Officer Quaitemes Williams is seen kicking and pepper-spraying Lyles, who'd been pulled over by another officer for driving with a suspended license. It shows Officer Williams punching a handcuffed Lyles with his fist and using a flashlight to beat the unarmed man. Williams kicked Lyles in the head and sprayed pepper spray into his face. Police used racial slurs during the assault. The entire video is posted on the Dallas Police Facebook page. 19 minutes and 38 seconds of the traffic stop. Officer Hiram Soler, who'd initially stopped Lyles, was suspended for 10 days for entering inaccurate, false or improper information on a police report.
His attorney says the damage that’s been done is both physical and emotional. “Long after the bruises, and the rotator cuff, and the knee arthroscopy have healed, you’re still going to remember the guy that stood over you with a badge and made you feel less than human,” says attorney Geoff Henley.