US city pays US$750k after cops spray swastika in suspect's car

Torrance, a city located some 30km south of Los Angeles, California, paid US$750,000 (RM3.35 million) after two police officers allegedly spray-painted a swastika inside a suspect's car three years ago.

According to a report from Fox News Tuesday, the payout settled 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. Swaine was later cleared of the mail charges.

Swaine's attorney Jerry Steering was quoted as saying...