Austin agrees to $150,000 settlement in 2015 excessive force case

AUSTIN (KXAN) — City council members on Thursday approved a six-figure settlement in a lawsuit involving claims of use of excessive force by an Austin police officer.
Adrian Aguado, 20, will receive $150,000 related to his April 2015 arrest, in which Austin Police Department Officer Eric Copeland tasered him twice and broke his nose. Then APD-Chief Art Acevedo suspended Copeland for 90 days.
This is the third time Austin has wrapped up a lawsuit involving Copeland.
In 2012 a grand jury cle