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Elizabeth paid $99,500 to settle a false arrest lawsuit filed by a diabetic man who claimed that police mistook him for a drunk driver.

At its April 11, 2023 meeting, the Elizabeth City Council (Union County, NJ) resolved to pay $99,500 to settle a false arrest lawsuit filed by a Linden man who claimed that police failed to recognize that he was in diabetic shock and arrested him as a drunk driver instead of calling for emergency medical treatment. […]