California city pays 0k to Jewish man accusing cops of painting swastika in car

A California city has agreed to a $750,000 settlement with a Jewish man who accused police of spray-painting a swastika in his car. Kiley Swaine fi...

March 28, 2023
8:40 AM

A California city has agreed to a $750,000 settlement with a Jewish man who accused police of spray-painting a swastika in his car. Kiley Swaine filed a lawsuit against Torrance, 15 miles south-west of Los Angeles, in 2022 after his car was seized by Torrance officers and defaced. The car had been towed when Swaine was arrested on suspicion of mail theft, the Washington Post reported. When Swaine, described by the Post as 'part Jewish', collected the car two days later he found the seats covered in cereal and protein powder, and on a rear seat someone had drawn a swastika in white paint.

Adam Gabbatt