Torrance pays 0,000 to owner of car allegedly painted with swastika by police officers
The city of Torrance has paid $750,000 to the owner of an impounded car that allegedly was spray-painted by police with a swastika in 2020. The pay...
The city of Torrance has paid $750,000 to the owner of an impounded car that allegedly was spray-painted by police with a swastika in 2020. The payment settles a $6 million federal lawsuit by car owner Kiley Swaine, who did not learn of the alleged involvement of two former Torrance police officers until nearly two years after the damage to his 2004 Hyundai Elantra. The swastika incident led to the discovery that some officers were engaging in racist and homophobic text messages, including jokes about having 'gassed the Jews,' urinating on a Black man and beating up a woman.