The Kansas City Police Department will pay $500,000 to a man officers "body slammed" last year. The payout comes after officers seemingly falsified details of the event in a police report, insisting—contrary to a bystander's video of the incident—that the man sustained injuries after he fell while resisting arrest.
According to The Kansas City Star, Mack Nelson was inside a gas station last August when police shot and killed 31-year-old Zachary Garrard nearby. Nelson told The Star that following the incident, he became frustrated that police were not sufficiently questioning witnesses and began broadcasting on Facebook live.
