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San Jose Mercury NewsTwo years after a San Jose student's violent and secretly videotaped arrest sparked community outrage, Phuong Ho has reached a legal settlement with the city, according to sources and an attorney for an officer who was fired for his part in the controversial bust. The settlement, which one source said was $225,000, must still be approved by a city council vote.
In a federal lawsuit filed last year, Phuong Ho alleged the police violated his civil rights by using excessive force.
Phuong Ho, who is here from Vietnam studying to be an actuary, contended police had no reason to strike him with a metal baton more than a dozen times and use a Taser against him when they came to question him about an alleged threat in 2009.
He had originally demanded $6 million in damages.
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Ho, a Vietnamese national,
was interviewed about the incident in 2009. It happened after a dinnertime argument, and his roommate called police. Ho wasn't armed and got
restrained and Tased simply after reaching for his glasses. According to then-SJPD chief Rob Davis, an officer even
kept whipping a handcuffed Phuong Ho with baton!