Baltimore officials today approved yet another settlement tied to an incident involving city police officers, signing off on a $110,000 payout to a family who said they were falsely arrested and imprisoned.
The related incident happened in September 2013, when Ivan Pratt, Sr. and Carlynn Smith were driving on Hanover Street with their child and Pratt’s brother in the back. Pratt and Smith were trying to switch lanes when another car blocked them from doing so, according to Board of Estimates documentation. The other car’s occupants then harassed them by tailing them and throwing items out the window – hard enough to break their windshield.
They didn’t stop – Pratt and Smith said the other car’s occupants then got out, threatened them and attacked their car. They said they were victims of racial hostility and road rage, according to officials.
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