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Police body cam footage of man tased in back prompts $110K settlement

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Body cam footage of an Aurora, Colorado, cop tasing an unarmed black man in the back paved the way for the city to pay $ 110,000 to settle police abuse allegations, the man’s lawyers told Ars Thursday.

Footage from September’s tasing shows two black men being questioned by police who are responding to a weapons incident at a nearby apartment building. One of the men is seen and overheard on the video demanding to know why he’s being questioned. “For what… ?” he says.

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