New York City has reached a nearly $750,000 settlement with a group of plaintiffs who say they were injured when police deployed a “sound cannon” against protesters who took to the streets in 2014 after a grand jury declined to indict an officer involved in Eric Garner’s death.
Under the terms of the settlement in the excessive force case, the New York City Police Department agreed to cease using the high-frequency “deterrent” or “alert” tone on its long-range acoustic devices (LRAD), which the department has used in the past primarily to communicate with crowds.
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