California city pays $750K after police accused of painting swastika

The Southern California metropolis of Torrance has paid a Redondo Beach man $750,000 aft 2 constabulary officers allegedly spray-painted a swastika wrong his car 3 years ago.

The payout settles a national suit revenge by Kiley Swaine, who discovered nan swastika connected his car's backmost spot aft he and 2 different men were arrested connected suspicion of message theft successful January 2020, nan Los Angeles Times reported. Swaine was later cleared of nan mail theft charges. 

The Torrance constabulary officers, Christopher Tomsic and Cody Weldin, allegedly spray-painted nan swastika on pinch a smiley look connected Swaine's beforehand rider spot and damaged nan interior earlier having nan car towed away, Swaine's lawyer said successful a news release.

Swaine reported nan graffiti aft he was released and went to retrieve his car.

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Two erstwhile Torrance constabulary officers are accused of spray-painting a swastika successful nan car of a man 3 years ago. (iStock)

Tomsic and Weldin person reportedly near nan force, and each pleaded not blameworthy while they await proceedings connected conspiracy and vandalism charges. 

Despite nan truth Swaine reported nan vandalism little than 2 days aft it occurred, he apparently did not study astir nan lawsuit against nan officers until October 2021, aft LA County District Attorney George Gascón announced nan charges.

"I person been suing constabulary officers for 39 years and I person ne'er seen thing for illustration this," Swaine’s attorney, Jerry Steering, said successful a statement. "It ne'er ceases to amaze maine that rather often nan very group entrusted by our citizens to protect america from vulnerable criminals are much vulnerable than nan criminals who they are expected to beryllium protecting america from."

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The officers accused are nary longer pinch nan Torrance Police Department. (Lino Mirgeler/picture confederation via Getty Images)

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An investigation by nan Times successful 2021 recovered that officers of nan Torrance Police Department traded hateful comments via matter messages astir group of color, peculiarly Black people, arsenic good arsenic Jews and members of nan LGBTQ community.

Other messages said astir utilizing unit against suspects and lying to investigators astir a constabulary shooting.

The Torrance metropolis lawyer declined to remark connected nan colony to nan Times. 

Torrance is location to astir 143,000 group southbound of Los Angeles. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.