From [HERE] A Black man who sued Hamden and several white police officers for $2.5 million, after he was beaten severely and subjected to a racial insult during his arrest in 2010 settled for $60,000.

Anthony Randolph, who is black, filed the civil rights lawsuit in U.S. District Court in July against Hamden, police Officers Timothy Brown (racist suspect in photo) and Jennifer Gaynor, Sgt. Michael Sigmon and Capt. Ronald Smith.

The lawsuit was from an incident Aug. 24, 2010. Randolph was standing on Mix Avenue, waiting to take the late night bus after working at a nearby restaurant, according to the lawsuit.

It alleges a police cruiser approached him, with two white officers instructing him not to move and interrogating him about his whereabouts in the preceding hours. When Randolph said he had been working and was now headed home, Brown "physically grabbed the plaintiff by his arm, pushed him onto the hood of the cruiser and handcuffed both arms behind the plaintiff's back," the lawsuit states.

Police searched Randolph's body, removed his sneakers, put him in the cruiser and drove to the police department, according to the lawsuit. It claims Randolph was ordered to step out of the cruiser, and Randolph asked for his sneakers back because the pavement was wet due to prior rain.

It claims Brown said, "You people should be used to walking without shoes, get out of the vehicle!" and that the comment prompted laughter from Sigmon and Gaynor.

"The plaintiff was embarrassed and offended by the officers' comment and conduct," the lawsuit states.

Brown then forcibly pulled Randolph out of the cruiser, causing his handcuffs to tighten and hurt him. The lawsuit says Randolph "spat at" Brown "out of a feeling of disgust, humiliation and frustration caused by the comments and ridicule of Officer Brown and the other officers."

The lawsuit claims Brown then repeatedly punched Randolph in the eye, while Randolph was handcuffed, in the presence of Sigmon and Gaynor. Randolph fell facedown on the pavement from the force of the punches, and began bleeding profusely, according to the lawsuit.