Fort Collins to pay $150,000 to Chicago school teacher after obstruction arrest by Ofc. Aaron Westby

Even worse:

• "... the officer then asked a civilian ride-a-long to come into the house and help him pin Heneghan down. 'Now, we have a civilian who has illegally entered the house at the request of this cop,' the teacher said."
• "Heneghan said the cop sexually abused him when he put handcuffs on him. 'He put his crotch in my face to rub in the fact that he had the power and there was nothing I could do about it,' he said."

Officer Aaron Westby​

Fort Collins to pay $150,000 to Chicago school teacher after obstruction arrest

The city of Fort Collins has agreed to pay a school teacher $150,000 after a police officer entered his home without consent and pepper sprayed him in the face. The settlement agreement was reached in February, before Enan Joe Heneghan filed a lawsuit against the city. An internal investigation is ongoing into Officer Aaron Westby’s actions, a police spokeswoman said. Heneghan, who teaches in Chicago and was spending the summer of 2016 with a friend in Fort Collins, said he hopes the settlement brings accountability to the Fort Collins Police Department. “I credit Fort Collins for acknowledging a constitutional violation ...

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Police Abuse Caught: Illegal Entry, Pepper Spray, & False Arrest

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