Suit over Tenn. death settled

Thursday, December 7, 2006

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- A Cape Girardeau woman whose son suffocated during an arrest when four police officers held him face-down on the ground will teach Chattanooga police recruits about his death as part of a settlement in an excessive force lawsuit.

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