City Settles Lawsuit with Man Stomped by HPD Officer in 2021, Agrees to Pay $15K Into Trust

Huntsville settles lawsuit over police incident caught on camera

The City of Huntsville has agreed to a settlement in a federal lawsuit involving a man who was caught on camera being stomped on by Huntsville Police four years ago.

Huntsville pays $15,000 to settle lawsuit over stomping of mentally ill man during arrest

Huntsville will pay $15,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by the family of a mentally ill man who was stomped by police while being taken into custody in 2021.U.S. District Court Judge C. Lynwood Smith Jr. approved the settlement last week after ruling that the terms of the proposed settlement between the city and attorneys for Kemontae Hobbs were “fair and reasonable.”

City settles lawsuit with man stomped by HPD officer in 2021, agrees to pay $15K into trust

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The City of Huntsville has settled a federal lawsuit filed by a man who had his leg stomped on by police during an arrest in 2021. Over two years after the lawsuit was filed in May 2023, Kemontae Hobbs and his family finally have some type of closure. Hobbs was originally arrested on May 30, 2021, at a MAPCO gas station in Huntsville after an employee of the store called the Huntsville Police Department to complain that…

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City of Huntsville settles lawsuit filed by mentally disabled man roughed up during arrest

Video shows an officer stomping on Kemontae Hobbs in the 2021 incident.