Potential settlement in lawsuit against Kansas City police

Published January 18, 2022 4:54 PM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City police on Tuesday agreed to pay $110,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a teenager girl who was sprayed with pepper spray during a racial injustice demonstration in 2020. The proposed settlement must still be approved by a circuit court judge. The lawsuit alleged the teen and her father, Tarence Maddox, were hit with pepper spray during a demonstration at Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza in May 2020. One officer, Nicholas McQuillen, was seen on video pulling the girl toward him and spraying the pepper spray in her eyes from about 4 inches away. McQuillen was later charged with fourth-degree assault, a misdemeanor.

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