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The family of a man who was unarmed, naked, burned and bleeding when police shot him to death in 2005 has reached a $1 million settlement with Clackamas County and a deputy sheriff. At the time, the shooting sparked outrage from the man's family, heated public debate over police procedures for subduing distressed or disbturbed subjects and calls for a public inquest -- even after a grand jury declined to charge police. Five years later, the case continues to influence law enforcement policy and training. Clackamas County sheriff's deputies use the scenario as part of their Crisis Intervention Training Program, which deals with how to respond to highly agitated subjects – mentally ill or not.
The settlement, entered Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland, officially closes the books on a unlawful death lawsuit brought by the family of 27-year-old Fouad Kaady, who was killed on a rural road outside Sandy. The family reached a separate $1 million settlement last year with the city of Sandy and a former city police officer. The settlement also ends the possibility of a Portland court appearance by the Kaadys' attorney, Gerry Spence, a high-profile trial lawyer with a theatrical style and a record of winning big liability awards. The lawsuit, filed in September 2006, alleges that police violated Kaady's civil rights, used excessive force, then carried out an unconstitutional arrest, besides causing a wrongful death.
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