Police, School District Write Checks to Settle Teen’s Suit Alleging Excessive Force by Police

Police, school district write checks to settle teen’s suit alleging excessive force by police

(Read the original lawsuit from Jan. 26, 2024.) (Read the order granting motions to dismiss from Sept. 24, 2025.) BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer The Atherton town government and Sequoia Union High School District have agreed to pay $560,000 to settle with a Menlo-Atherton High School student after a video of him being taken to the ground by Atherton police went viral. The student and his family were represented by famed Oakland civi…

High school district and Atherton police settle with former M-A student

Following a nearly three-year-long legal battle, the Sequoia Union High School District and the Atherton Police Department (APD) agreed to settle with former Menlo-Atherton High School student Kean…