Attorneys representing the alleged victims - Jose Louis Meneses-Araiza and Quinton T. Smith - declined to comment on the March 24 settlement, citing a confidentiality agreement.
In the lawsuit, filed March 3, 2008, Meneses-Araiza, 28, and Smith, 33, both of Annapolis, claimed Officer Gary Black - now a deputy with the Caroline County Sheriff's Department - arrested and beat them without cause during separate incidents March 30, 2005, on Market Street...
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Officer Black - 2009-04-15 12:03:00
Is Officer Black still on the force? Is he going to pay back the taxpayers for this?
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Never Settle - 2009-04-14 22:38:58
If The Annapolis police settled one can safely assume there were problems with their case. At last the good guys win one, and the police lost !!!!!
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Typical - 2009-04-14 16:44:45
That is typical Annapolis City. They are brutal nasty people there!
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