The Denver City Council on Monday settled for $10,000 a claim filed on behalf of a woman who contended two police officers threw her against a wall, handcuffed her and threatened to jail her.
The settlement will go to the woman, Jeni Beyer, and her law firm.
A claim filed with the city on Beyer’s behalf said the officers were dispatched to an apartment building on East Dartmouth Avenue about 11 p.m. on Feb. 28, 2009, on a welfare check.
It contends that Beyer came out to talk to the officers and told them she wanted to call 911 to make sure they were actual officers. The claim said the officers responded by coming into the apartment and manhandling her by throwing her against a wall and handcuffing her. They charged her with violation of duty to aid, which the city attorney later dismissed.
