JOPLIN — The city of Joplin recently paid $5,000 to a 25-year-old black man who was struck in the face by a white police officer while he was handcuffed, according to a newspaper report.
Compensation given to arrested man hit by Joplin police officer
Saturday, July 19, 2008 | 7:31 p.m. CDT;
updated 11:00 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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