BENTON, Ill. (AP) — In a federal civil lawsuit, a jury in southern Illinois has awarded an Olney man over $32,000 in damages after he was determined the victim of excessive force when law enforcement officers stopped him near Benton in April 2012.

The jury verdict comes after a four-day trial at the federal courthouse in East St. Louis. The victim, 35-year-old Isaac Capps, initially sought a $3.6 million settlement.

Capps was pulled over near Benton after police received a call that Capps and a female passenger appeared to be involved in a domestic dispute.

Capps alleged that officers excessively used stun guns after he declined to take a field sobriety test and was placed under arrest.

The defendants have until the end of February to seek an appeal.

 

 

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