Claimed
four Boston police officers 'dragged' him to a sidewalk when he refused to move
his parked truck during a funeral procession in 2009 for Sen. Ted Kennedy
Said
he was knocked 'facedown, and handcuffed with his arms behind his back' by
officers
By
Zoe Szathmary
Carlos
Arredondo, a volunteer in the Boston Marathon bombings who was captured in a
famous image helping victim and amputee Jeff Bauman, settled a police brutality
case on Tuesday.
Arredondo
claimed in a civil complaint seen by the Boston Herald that four Boston
officers 'dragged' him to the sidewalk
when he refused to move his truck from police headquarters during a 2009
funeral procession for Sen. Ted Kennedy.
Officer
David Roberto, Franciso Rodriguez, Bienvendio Delacruz and Dana Lamb '[threw
him] to the pavement, facedown, and handcuffed with his arms behind his back,'
the complaint said.
Arredondo,
the paper reports, refused to move because he was going to take down a flag
down from a pole and wait for wife Melida. Arredondo's car was 'decorated as a
shrine' for his son Alexander, who died while fighting in the Marine Corps in
Iraq.
Arredondo
and City Hall agreed on an undisclosed sum after a five-hour mediation, the
Herald says. Arrendondo, his attorney Bruce Macdonald, as well as city
attorneys, did not comment.
Last
Saturday, Arredondo appeared alongside Bauman as a commencement speaker at
Fisher College. Both received honorary degrees.
In
his speech with Bauman, Arredondo said 'I hope that my actions motivate others
simply to love their neighbors through actions, good works and in times of
need.'