BENTON, Ill. (AP) — Jurors in southern Illinois have found in a federal civil lawsuit that an Olney man was 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, and it includes more than $32,000 in compensatory and punitive damages for 35-year-old Isaac Capps, who initially sought a $3.6 million settlement.

Capps was pulled over after another driver reported to police that it appeared that he and a female passenger were 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 the month to seek an appeal.

 

 

 

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