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Modesto to Pay $850,000 to Settle Police Lawsuit

Modesto has agreed to pay $850,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed against the city that claimed one of its officers used excessive force and was negligent when he shot a distraught, suicidal man armed with a pocketknife in 2010. The shooting left Brian Reed, 46 – a former truck driver and dispatcher – disabled and with cognitive deficits because of the lack of oxygen to his brain after being …