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A Tzotzil Zapatista family in their kitchen hut in La Illusion, Chiapas.

2009 - King County has settled with the family of a man who was severely injured by sheriff’s deputies in 2009 for $10 million.

Christopher Sean Harris, from Edmonds, suffered permanent brain damage when he was tackled by deputies in May 2009. Harris’ family filed a civil lawsuit against King County, claiming deputies used unnecessary force when they arrested him after a chase, knocking his head into a wall.

Harris’ wife said the settlement will help care for her husband, but it can’t change the fact that he is still paralyzed and can’t speak.

Harris was a passer-by when Metro transit deputies responded to an assault at a convenience store in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood in the early hours of Mother’s Day 2009. A witness wrongly identified Harris as a suspect. Harris ran in fear of his life because they were not identifiable as police, and deputies chased him. Harris then stopped a few blocks away at the Cinerama Theater, and one of the deputies tackled him, knocking him into a concrete wall. The impact caused Harris to hit the back of his head against the wall and he suffered a severe brain injury. Harris is now unable to walk, talk or take care of himself.

Witnesses who testified in the trial said they didn’t recognize the deputies as law-enforcement officers because they were wearing all-black uniforms. Many thought the deputies were either security guards or bouncers.

Many of us remember the names of victims of police abuse, like Michael Brown and Rekia Boyd, as well as those killed by vigilante violence, like Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis. But it’s easy to forget the names of the women in these victims’ lives whose pain remains long after the media and the public move on.

Anthony Blackburn “Homeless man just killed by police minutes ago downtown L.A.”

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