California city pays 0K after police accused of painting swastika
The Southern California city of Torrance has paid a Redondo Beach man $750,000 after two police officers allegedly spray-painted a swastika inside ...
The Southern California city of Torrance has paid a Redondo Beach man $750,000 after two police officers allegedly spray-painted a swastika inside his car three years ago. The payout settles a federal lawsuit filed by Kiley Swaine, who discovered the swastika on his car's back seat after he and two other men were arrested on suspicion of mail theft in January 2020, the Los Angeles Times reported. Swaine was later cleared of the mail theft charges. The Torrance police officers, Christopher Tomsic and Cody Weldin, allegedly spray-painted the swastika along with a smiley face on Swaine's front passenger seat and damaged the interior before having the car towed away, Swaine's attorney said in a news release.