Denver paid $1.1 million settlement to police officers fired after beating unarmed man, records show

The settlements ended more than a decade of litigation between officers and city

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Denver police Officer Devin Sparks and Cpl. Randy Murr were fired after a video of them beating Michael DeHerrera in 2009 showed they lied when describing what happened. The officers were caught on video repeatedly hitting DeHerrera with a department-issued piece of metal wrapped in leather, picking him up roughly and slamming a car door on his ankle.
By Elise Schmelzer | eschmelzer@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: August 11, 2021 at 10:45 a.m. | UPDATED: August 11, 2021 at 11:46 a.m.

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Elise Schmelzer

Elise Schmelzer is the public safety reporter at The Denver Post and covers police, crime and criminal justice. She previously wrote for the Casper Star-Tribune in Wyoming, the Washington Post and the Colorado Springs Gazette. She studied journalism and Spanish literature at the University of Missouri. When she's not writing, she disappears into the mountains to hike and fish.